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Michael judge of the Thrakesioi (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Nicholas holding a book in his left hand. Vertical inscription at right: κ|ο|λ, : [ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νι]κόλ(αος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines, the final letter between two bars. Border of dots.

+κ̅ε
σδλ
μιχαη
κριτη
θρακ
-σ,-

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ[(ει) τ(ῷ)] σῷ δούλ[ῳ] Μιχαὴ[λ] κριτῇ [τ(ῶν)] Θρᾳκ[η]σ(ίων)

Obverse

Bust of St. Nicholas holding a book in his left hand. Vertical inscription at right: κ|ο|λ, : [ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νι]κόλ(αος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines, the final letter between two bars. Border of dots.

+κ̅ε
σδλ
μιχαη
κριτη
θρακ
-σ,-

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ[(ει) τ(ῷ)] σῷ δούλ[ῳ] Μιχαὴ[λ] κριτῇ [τ(ῶν)] Θρᾳκ[η]σ(ίων)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1532
Diameter 23.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 3, no. 2.17.

Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Μιχαὴλ κριτῇ τῶν Θρᾳκησίων.

Lord, help your servant Michael, judge of the Thrakesioi.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
  • Constantini Porphyrogeniti De cerimoniis aulae byzantinae (Open in Zotero)
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  • Theophanis Chronographia (Open in Zotero)
  • L’histoire et la géographie de la région de Smyrne entre les deux occupations turques (1081-1317), particulièrement au XIIIe siècle (Open in Zotero)
  • Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
  • “Thrakien” und “Thrakesion” (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)