N., spatharios and archon of Mesembria (eighth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram of uncertain type; in lower quarters: ΔΛ. Wreath border.
Κύριε/Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram of uncertain type; in lower quarters: ΔΛ. Wreath border.
Κύριε/Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of at least five lines. Wreath border.
..πθρι
ρχον..
μεσημβ.
ισ
.... σπαθαρίῳ καὶ ἄρχοντι Μεσημβρίας
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.4413 |
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Diameter | 30.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 77.3. |
Translation
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ .... σπαθαρίῳ καὶ ἄρχοντι Μεσημβρίας.
Lord or Theotokos, help your servant N., spatharios and archon of Mesembria.
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)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Tribute or Trade?: The Byzantine-Bulgarian Treaty of 716 (Open in Zotero)
- Mesembria in the Ninth Century: Epigraphical Evidence (Open in Zotero)
- Sceaux byzantins du musée de Constantinople (Open in Zotero)
- Ἡ συνέχεια τῆς Χρονογραφίας τοῦ Ἰωάννου Σκυλίτση (Open in Zotero)
- La Thrace Orientale et La Mer Noire: Géographie Ecclésiastique et Prosopographie (VIIIe-XIIe Siècles) (Open in Zotero)