Nicholas Katechanas, protospatharios and primikerios ton synegoron (eleventh century)
Obverse
Inscription of six lines, a decoration above and dashes flanking the letters of the last line. Border of dots.
Κ̣ε̣̣ο
θειτ
σουλ
νικολ
σπθ
ρι
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικολάῳ (πρωτο)σπαθαρίῳ
Obverse
Inscription of six lines, a decoration above and dashes flanking the letters of the last line. Border of dots.
Κ̣ε̣̣ο
θειτ
σουλ
νικολ
σπθ
ρι
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικολάῳ (πρωτο)σπαθαρίῳ
Reverse
Inscription of six lines, a decoration above and dashes flanking the letters of the last line. Border of dots.
πρι
μικηρι
τνσυνη
γορντ
κτιχ
ν
(καὶ) πριμικηρίῳ τῶν συνηγόρων τῷ Κατιχανᾷ
Accession number | BZS.1947.2.1048 |
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Diameter | 27.0 mm; field: 25.0 mm |
Previous Editions | W. Seibt, "Katechanas – ein lange verkannter mittelbyzantinischer Bei- bzw. Familienname," BZ 110/3 (2017), 750. Cf. Laurent, Corpus 2, no, 1155. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικολάῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ πριμικηρίῳ τῶν συνηγόρων τῷ Κατιχανᾷ.
Lord, help your servant Nicholas Katichanas, protospatharios and primikerios of the lawyers.
Bibliography
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Seibt notes other seals from the eleventh century with the rarely attested family name Katechanas. The office of primikerios ton synegoron ("chairman of the lawyers") may correspond with the head of a guild of advocates known to have existed in the eleventh century.