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Basil asekretis and protonotarios of Charsianon (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Nicholas blessing and holding a book. Vertical inscription on either side: ο|ν|ι-κ|ο|λ : Ὁ (ἅγιος) Νικόλ(αις). Traces of a circular inscription within a border of dots:

..........σδουλ

[Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ] σῷ δούλ(ῳ)

Reverse

Inscription of six lines, a decoration below.

Rα..
λει,α..
κρητι.
SΑνοτα
ριονχ..
σια.

Βα[σί]λει(ον) ἀ[ση]κρῆτι(ς) (καὶ) (πρωτο)νοτάριον Χ[αρ]σια[ν(οῦ)]

Obverse

Bust of St. Nicholas blessing and holding a book. Vertical inscription on either side: ο|ν|ι-κ|ο|λ : Ὁ (ἅγιος) Νικόλ(αις). Traces of a circular inscription within a border of dots:

..........σδουλ

[Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ] σῷ δούλ(ῳ)

Reverse

Inscription of six lines, a decoration below.

Rα..
λει,α..
κρητι.
SΑνοτα
ριονχ..
σια.

Βα[σί]λει(ον) ἀ[ση]κρῆτι(ς) (καὶ) (πρωτο)νοτάριον Χ[αρ]σια[ν(οῦ)]

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.2311
Diameter 23.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 40.16.

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

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Βασίλειον ἀσηκρῆτις καὶ πρωτονοτάριον Χαρσιανοῦ.

Lord, help your servant Basil, asekretis and protonotarios of Charsianon.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • Studies in Byzantine Sigillography (Open in Zotero)
  • War Gagik II. von Grossarmenien ca. 1072-1073 Μέγας Δοὺξ Χαρσιανοῦ? (Open in Zotero)
  • Kappadokien (Kappadokia, Charsianon, Sebasteia und Lykandos) (Open in Zotero)
  • Charsianon-Kastron/Qal’ei Harsanos (Open in Zotero)
  • Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)