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Michael kouropalates and praitor of the Peloponnesos and Hellas (eleventh/twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription of five lines, the final two letters between horizontal bars. Border of dots.

Κ̅Έ̅Ο
ΉΘΕΙΜΙ
ΧΑῊΛΚΟΥ
ΡΟΠΆΛ
ΤΗ

Κύριε βοήθει Μιχαὴλ κουροπαλάτῃ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines with decoration above and below. Border of dots.


ŚΠΡΑΊ
ΤΡΙΠΕ
ΛΟΠΟΝ́
ΣΟΥ̀ἙΛ
ΛΆΟΣ

καὶ πραίτωρι Πελοποννήσου καὶ Ἑλλάδος

Obverse

Inscription of five lines, the final two letters between horizontal bars. Border of dots.

Κ̅Έ̅Ο
ΉΘΕΙΜΙ
ΧΑῊΛΚΟΥ
ΡΟΠΆΛ
ΤΗ

Κύριε βοήθει Μιχαὴλ κουροπαλάτῃ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines with decoration above and below. Border of dots.


ŚΠΡΑΊ
ΤΡΙΠΕ
ΛΟΠΟΝ́
ΣΟΥ̀ἙΛ
ΛΆΟΣ

καὶ πραίτωρι Πελοποννήσου καὶ Ἑλλάδος

Accession number BZS.1958.106.5595
Diameter 30.0 mm; field: 22.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 2, no. 8.33.
Cf. parallel specimen from the same boulloterion, Zacos, Seals II, no. 1010.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει Μιχαὴλ κουροπαλάτῃ καὶ πραίτωρι Πελοποννήσου καὶ Ἑλλάδος.

Lord, help Michael, kouropalates and praitor of the Peloponnesos and Hellas.

Commentary

The inscription is equipped with accents and breathings.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
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  • Du stratège de thème au duc: chronologie de l’évolution au cours du XIe siècle (Open in Zotero)
  • Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
  • Hellas und Thessalia (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
  • Die byzantinische Armee im 10. und 11. Jahrhundert: Studien zur Organisation der Tagmata (Open in Zotero)