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Paul chartoularios and horreiarios of Amisos (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Nicholas blessing with his right hand. Vertical inscription on either side: ο|α|.-ν|ι|κ.|λ : Ὁ ἅγιος Νικόλαος. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, a decoration below. Border of dots.

+παυλ
χαρτλ
Sοριαρ
.μισ
 

Παῦλος χαρτουλάριος καὶ ὁριάριος μισοῦ

Obverse

Bust of St. Nicholas blessing with his right hand. Vertical inscription on either side: ο|α|.-ν|ι|κ.|λ : Ὁ ἅγιος Νικόλαος. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, a decoration below. Border of dots.

+παυλ
χαρτλ
Sοριαρ
.μισ
 

Παῦλος χαρτουλάριος καὶ ὁριάριος μισοῦ

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1856
Diameter 20.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 24.4a.

Translation

Παῦλος χαρτουλάριος καὶ ὁριάριος Ἀμισοῦ.

Paul, chartoularios and horreiarios of Amisos.

Commentary

This seal and BZS.1951.31.5.1984 appear to be from the same boulloterion. A third seal, from the same boulloterion, is published in Seyrig, no. 153. Cf. also J.–C. Cheynet, in SBS 6 (1999) 13.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
  • De Administrando Imperio (Open in Zotero)
  • Die Städte Kleinasiens im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert (Open in Zotero)
  • The Byzantine Monuments and Topography of the Pontos (Open in Zotero)
  • Studies in Byzantine Sigillography (Open in Zotero)
  • Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)