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Theodore Karamallos, imperial protospatharios, oikonomos of the euageis (oikoi) and anagrapheus of Paphlagonia (eleventh century)

 
 
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Obverse

Bust of St. Theodore holding a spear and a shield. Vertical inscription visible at right: -ο|δ||ρ : [Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θε]όδωρ(ος). Remains of a circular inscription at left. No visible border.

OY..

[Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δ]ού[λῳ]

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Reverse

Inscription of seven lines. No visible border.

εοδρ,
σπαθ,οι
.ονομ,των
.Υαγ,Sαν
.γραφ,πα
.λαγ,τ
καραμ

[Θ]εοδώρ(ῳ) [(πρωτο)]σπαθ(αρίῳ), οἰ[κ]ονόμ(ῳ) τῶν [ε]ὐαγ(ῶν) (καὶ) ἀν[α]γραφ(εῖ) Πα[φ]λαγ(ονίας) τῷ Καραμ[άλλῳ]

Obverse

Bust of St. Theodore holding a spear and a shield. Vertical inscription visible at right: -ο|δ||ρ : [Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θε]όδωρ(ος). Remains of a circular inscription at left. No visible border.

OY..

[Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δ]ού[λῳ]

Reverse

Inscription of seven lines. No visible border.

εοδρ,
σπαθ,οι
.ονομ,των
.Υαγ,Sαν
.γραφ,πα
.λαγ,τ
καραμ

[Θ]εοδώρ(ῳ) [(πρωτο)]σπαθ(αρίῳ), οἰ[κ]ονόμ(ῳ) τῶν [ε]ὐαγ(ῶν) (καὶ) ἀν[α]γραφ(εῖ) Πα[φ]λαγ(ονίας) τῷ Καραμ[άλλῳ]

Accession number BZS.1958.106.3071
Diameter 26.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 11.2b.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοδώρῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ, οἰκονόμῳ τῶν εὐαγῶν καὶ ἀναγραφεῖ Παφλαγονίας τῷ Καραμάλλῳ.

Lord, help your servant Theodore Karamallos, protospatharios, oikonomos of the pious foundations and anagrapheus of Paphlagonia.

Commentary

This seal comes from the same boulloterion as BZS 1958.106.5046 and their readings are combined. See also the commentary to that entry.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • Excavations at Saraçhane in Istanbul, Vol. 1, The Excavations, Structures, Architectural Decoration, Small Finds, Coins, Bones, and Molluscs (Open in Zotero)
  • Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantinische Bleisiegel in Berlin II (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)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)

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