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N. protospatharios, moderator, judge of the Velum and of the Anatolikoi (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. George holding spear and shield. Vertical inscription: Ω|Ρ: [Ὁ ἅγιος Γε]ώρ(γιος). Along the border of dots, circular inscription.

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription followed by an ornament. Border of dots.

.
σπˊ
μοερ.
τκριτ,τ
ηλ,τον
ντολ

..... πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ μοδεράτωρι, κριτ, τοῦ βήλου καὶ τον Ἀνατολικῶν

Obverse

Bust of St. George holding spear and shield. Vertical inscription: Ω|Ρ: [Ὁ ἅγιος Γε]ώρ(γιος). Along the border of dots, circular inscription.

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription followed by an ornament. Border of dots.

.
σπˊ
μοερ.
τκριτ,τ
ηλ,τον
ντολ

..... πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ μοδεράτωρι, κριτ, τοῦ βήλου καὶ τον Ἀνατολικῶν

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1900
Diameter 25.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 3, no. 86.36b.

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

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ .... πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ μοδεράτωρι, κριτῇ, τοῦ βήλου καὶ τον Ἀνατολικῶν.

Lord, help your servant N. protospatharios, moderator, judge of the Velum and of the Anatolikoi.

Commentary

See the commentary to BZS 1958.106.2810.

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)
  • Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
  • Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
  • Sceaux byzantins du Musée National de Varsovie (Open in Zotero)
  • Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)