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Theodore Karamallos, imperial protospatharios, oikonomos of the euageis (oikoi) and anagrapheus of Paphlagonia (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Indistinct bust of St. Theodore holding a spear. Traces of a vertical inscription: -ο|δ|ω|ρ : [Ὁ (ἅγιος) Θε]όδωρ(ος). Remains of a circular inscription within a border of dots:

δου..

[Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ] δού[λῳ]

Reverse

Inscription of seven lines. Indeterminate border.

θεοδ.
α̅σπαθ,ο.
κονομ,τ
ευαγ,Sαν
γραφ,πα
φλα,τ
κα.

Θεοδώ[ρ(ῳ)] (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ), ο[ἰ]κονόμ(ῳ) τῶ[ν] εὐαγ(ῶν) (καὶ) ἀν[α]γραφ(εῖ) Παφλα(γονίας) τ[ῷ] Κα[ραμάλλῳ]

Obverse

Indistinct bust of St. Theodore holding a spear. Traces of a vertical inscription: -ο|δ|ω|ρ : [Ὁ (ἅγιος) Θε]όδωρ(ος). Remains of a circular inscription within a border of dots:

δου..

[Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ] δού[λῳ]

Reverse

Inscription of seven lines. Indeterminate border.

θεοδ.
α̅σπαθ,ο.
κονομ,τ
ευαγ,Sαν
γραφ,πα
φλα,τ
κα.

Θεοδώ[ρ(ῳ)] (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ), ο[ἰ]κονόμ(ῳ) τῶ[ν] εὐαγ(ῶν) (καὶ) ἀν[α]γραφ(εῖ) Παφλα(γονίας) τ[ῷ] Κα[ραμάλλῳ]

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.157
Diameter 28.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 11.2a.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοδώρῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ, οἰκονόμῳ τῶν εὐαγῶν καὶ ἀναγραφεῖ Παφλαγονίας τῷ Καραμάλλῳ.

Lord, help your servant Theodore Karamallos, protospatharios, oikonomos of the euageis and anagrapheus of Paphlagonia.

Commentary

There are two other seals for this individual; BZS.1958.106.3071 and BZS.1958.106.5046 come from the same boulloterion: see the commentary to the latter seal.

Bibliography

  • Byzantinische Bleisiegel in Berlin II (Open in Zotero)
  • De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
  • Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
  • Paphlagonien und Honorias (Open in Zotero)
  • Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)
  • Excavations at Saraçhane in Istanbul, Vol. 1, The Excavations, Structures, Architectural Decoration, Small Finds, Coins, Bones, and Molluscs (Open in Zotero)
  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)