Niketas Xiphilinos, judge and koiaistor (1098)
Obverse
Inscription of five lines, preceded by a crosslet. Border of dots.
χρΉζεισ
μαθεῖν
γνΏριζε
κοιαΊστ
ραμε
χρήζεις μαθεῖν; γνώριζε κοιαίστωρά με
Obverse
Inscription of five lines, preceded by a crosslet. Border of dots.
χρΉζεισ
μαθεῖν
γνΏριζε
κοιαΊστ
ραμε
χρήζεις μαθεῖν; γνώριζε κοιαίστωρά με
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, preceded by a crosslet. Border of dots.
κριτ̀
νικΉταν
τονξιφι
λῖνονγΈ
νοσ
κριτὴν Νικήταν τὸν Ξιφιλῖνον γένος
Accession number | BZS.1947.2.1352 |
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Diameter | 32.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Laurent, Corpus II, no. 1116; Bulles métriques, no. 555; Oikonomides, Dated Seals, no. 105; PBW: Niketas 126. The reading of this seal has been confirmed with reference to the related specimen noted below and to the parallels also edited by Laurent. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
χρήζεις μαθεῖν; γνώριζε κοιαίστωρά με κριτὴν Νικήταν τὸν Ξιφιλῖνον γένος.
Do you wish to know? Know that I am the koiaistor and judge Niketas, Xiphilinos by descent.
Bibliography
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Les bulles métriques dans la sigillographie byzantine (Open in Zotero)
- Actes de Docheiariou (Open in Zotero)
- A Collection of Dated Byzantine Lead Seals (Open in Zotero)
- Actes d’Iviron (Open in Zotero)
- Aus den Schatzkammern des Heiligen Berges, 115 Urkunden und 50 Urkundensiegel aus 10 Jahrhunderten (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
See the commentary to BZS 1951.31.5.546, a seal with the same owner and inscription but from a different boulloterion.