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John chartoularios of the genikon logothesion of the archive of Thrace (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription of five lines preceded and followed by row of three pellets. Border of dots.

···
ΚΕΟ
ΗΘΕΙΤ
ΣΔΟΥΛ
ΙΑΝΝΧ
.ΡΤΛ
···

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλ Ἰωάνν χαρτουλαρίῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines preceded and followed by row of three pellets. Border of dots.

···
τγεν
ικλογοθ
εσαρκλασ
τ,θρακι.
···

τοῦ γενικοῦ λογοθεσίου ἄρκλας τῆς Θρᾴκις

Obverse

Inscription of five lines preceded and followed by row of three pellets. Border of dots.

···
ΚΕΟ
ΗΘΕΙΤ
ΣΔΟΥΛ
ΙΑΝΝΧ
.ΡΤΛ
···

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλ Ἰωάνν χαρτουλαρίῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines preceded and followed by row of three pellets. Border of dots.

···
τγεν
ικλογοθ
εσαρκλασ
τ,θρακι.
···

τοῦ γενικοῦ λογοθεσίου ἄρκλας τῆς Θρᾴκις

Accession number BZS.1958.106.3678
Diameter 25.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 71.2b.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ χαρτουλαρίῳ τοῦ γενικοῦ λογοθεσίου ἄρκλας τῆς Θρᾴκις.

Lord, help your servant John chartoularios of the genikon logothesion of the archive of Thrace.

Commentary

This specimen is from the same boulloterion as its parallel and so the reading has been restored with reference to the other.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea (Open in Zotero)
  • De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
  • “Thrakien” und “Thrakesion” (Open in Zotero)
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  • Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
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  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
  • Constantini Porphyrogeniti De cerimoniis aulae byzantinae (Open in Zotero)