N. protospatharios and strategos of the Boukellarioi (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. George holding a martyr's cross in front of him. Vertical inscription on either side: γι|o-γ|εο|ρ,. : [Ὁ ἅ]γιο(ς) Γεόρ(γιος). Remains of a circular inscription along the border of dots:
K.........δουλ,
Κ[ύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ] δούλ(ῳ)
Obverse
Bust of St. George holding a martyr's cross in front of him. Vertical inscription on either side: γι|o-γ|εο|ρ,. : [Ὁ ἅ]γιο(ς) Γεόρ(γιος). Remains of a circular inscription along the border of dots:
K.........δουλ,
Κ[ύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ] δούλ(ῳ)
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, top line missing. Border of dots.
αα`σ..
θ.Sστ..
τιγ,τν.
Rκελ
...ᾳ (πρωτο)σ[πα]θ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) στ[ρα]τιγ(ῷ) τῶν Βουκελ(λαρίων)
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.3062 |
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Diameter | 20.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no 1.38. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ....ᾳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατιγῷ τῶν Βουκελλαρίων.
Lord, help your servant ....a, protospatharios and strategos of the Boukellarioi.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Praetorians: An Administrative, Institutional, and Social Survey of the Opsikion and Tagmata, c. 580-900 (Open in Zotero)
- Galatien und Lykaonien (Open in Zotero)
- De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
- Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
- Paphlagonien und Honorias (Open in Zotero)
- Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)