Christophoros hypatos, imperial spatharios and strategos of the Kibyrraiotai (eighth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII); in the quarters: .Σ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει [τ]ῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII); in the quarters: .Σ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει [τ]ῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Wreath border.
..ΙΣ.
.ΦΟΡΟΥ.
ΠΑΘ/ΣΤ..
ΤΗΓ/ΤΝ
ΚΙΒΥΡ/
[Χρ]ισ[το]φόρο ὑ[π(άτῳ), β(ασιλικῷ) σ]παθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) στ[ρα]τηγ(ῷ) τῶν Κιβυρ(ραιωτῶν)
Accession number | BZS.1947.2.246 |
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Diameter | 27.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 59.21a. Cf. Zacos-Veglery, no. 1794. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Χριστοφόρο ὑπάτῳ, βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῶν Κιβυρραιωτῶν.
Lord, help your servant Christophoros hypatos, imperial spatharios and strategos of the Kibyrraiotai.
Bibliography
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Theophanis Chronographia (Open in Zotero)
- De Administrando Imperio (Open in Zotero)
- Hierosolymitikē Vivliothēkē, ētoi Katalogos tōn en tais vivliothēkais : tou hagiōtatou apostolikou te kai katholikou orthodoxou patriarchikou thronou tōn Hierosolymōn kai pasēs Palaistinēs apokeimenōn Hellēnikōn Kōdikōn (Open in Zotero)
- Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Les sceaux byzantins de la Collection Henri Seyrig (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This is one of three seals from the same boulloterion, edited jointly and with the parallels listed below.
Zacos-Veglery, unaware of the existence of this specimen, were uncertain about the reading of the name and proposed βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ for the title. The Υ is clear, and the combination hypatos and spatharios is normal for the eighth century.