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Nicholas judge of Chaldia (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

..ησ
θοσοι
ετησ
ριστε
μου

[εἴ]ης [βοη]θὸς οἰ[κ]έτῃ σῷ, [Χ]ριστέ μου

Reverse

Inscription of five lines ending with a decoration. Border of dots.

τνικ
λατ
δικαστ
χαλδι
ασ

τῷ Νικ[ο]λάῳ τῷ δικαστ[ῇ] Χαλδίας

Obverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

..ησ
θοσοι
ετησ
ριστε
μου

[εἴ]ης [βοη]θὸς οἰ[κ]έτῃ σῷ, [Χ]ριστέ μου

Reverse

Inscription of five lines ending with a decoration. Border of dots.

τνικ
λατ
δικαστ
χαλδι
ασ

τῷ Νικ[ο]λάῳ τῷ δικαστ[ῇ] Χαλδίας

Accession number BZS.1947.2.58
Diameter 20.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 32.9. See also Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 688a; Laurent, Bulles métriques, no. 625. Listed in Bryer-Winfield, Pontos, 317.

Translation

εἴης βοηθὸς οἰκέτῃ σῷ, Χριστέ μου τῷ Νικολάῳ τῷ δικαστῇ Χαλδίας.

Be thou, O my Christ, aid unto thy servant Nicholas, judge of Chaldia.

Commentary

The inscription consists of two twelve syllable verses. The first letter of the reverse is certainly a T. A judge of Chaldia by the name of Nicholas asekretis is attested in 1024: BNJ 3 (1922) 94-95 = Grumel, Regestes no. 827. A similar seal, but from a different boulloterion, is published by Zacos, Seals II, no. 1021; cf. N. Oikonomides, "A propos d'une nouvelle publication de sceaux byzantins," REB 44 (1986) 263-267.

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