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Constantine Dalassenos Doukas (eleventh/twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription in three lines. Wreath border.

ΓΡΑΦ/
ΣΦΡΑ..
Ζ

γραφ(ὰς) σφραγίζω

Reverse

Inscription in four lines. Wreath border.

Κ̅Ν
ΔΑΛΑΣΗ
ΝΤ
ΔΚ,

Κνω(σταντίνου) Δαλασ(η)νοῦ τοῦ Δούκ(α)

Obverse

Inscription in three lines. Wreath border.

ΓΡΑΦ/
ΣΦΡΑ..
Ζ

γραφ(ὰς) σφραγίζω

Reverse

Inscription in four lines. Wreath border.

Κ̅Ν
ΔΑΛΑΣΗ
ΝΤ
ΔΚ,

Κνω(σταντίνου) Δαλασ(η)νοῦ τοῦ Δούκ(α)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1616
Diameter 18.0 mm; field: 13.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cheynet, "Les Dalassènoi," no. 22; Laurent, Corpus V/2, no. 1082 (read as Constantine Dalassenos, thytes = priest or bishop, a mistake that found its way into PBW : Konstantinos 20221).  Cf. Pančenko, Viz. Vrem. 38 (1977), 112, and Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 423b.

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

Translation

γραφὰς σφραγίζω Κνωσταντίνου Δαλασηνοῦ τοῦ Δούκα.

I seal the writings of Constantine Dalassenos Doukas.

Commentary

Laurent transcribed the worn last line as ΘΥΤ for θύτου; however, the related seals cited in this entry clearly indicate the correct reading.

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