Niketas Anzas patrikios, protonotarios of the Petrion, and symponos (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God orans. At left and right: ̅ΘΥ̅ : Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God orans. At left and right: ̅ΘΥ̅ : Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.
θκεοη
νικηφορ
Π̅Ρ̅Ι̅⸣Ανοταρ,
τπετρι..
συμπον
.Α
Θ(εοτό)κε βοή[θ(ει)] Νικηφόρῳ π(ατ)ρι(κίῳ), (πρωτο)νοταρ(ίῳ) τοῦ Πετρί[ου (καὶ)] συμπόν[ῳ τ]ῷ Ἀ[νζᾷ]
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1155 |
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Diameter | 23.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 5 no. 26.4; Laurent, Corpus 2: no. 1081. Parallel specimen from the Vienna Collection: Wassiliou-Seibt, Die byzantinischen Bleisiegel in Österreich II, no. 76 (=Schlumberger, Sig., 156). |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Νικηφόρῳ πατρικίῳ, πρωτονοταρίῳ τοῦ Πετρίου καὶ συμπόνῳ τῷ Ἀνζᾷ.
Mother of God, help Nikephoros Anzas patrikios, protonotarios of the Petrion, and symponos.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Volume 5: The East (continued), Constantinople and Environs, Unknown Locations, Addenda, Uncertain Readings (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Die byzantinischen Bleisiegel in Österreich, Vol. 2, Zentral- und Provinzialverwaltung (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
See also BZS.1951.31.5.1320, belonging to Nikephoros Anzas vestes, protonotarios of the Petrion, and judge of the Islands. The present specimen dates from an earlier stage in his career. The last line has been restored according to the parallel in the Vienna Collection.
The protonotarios acted as assistant to the kourator of the Petrion.