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Demetrios Aelgazes (thirteenth/fourteenth century)

 
 

Obverse

St. Demetrios mounted on a horse, holding a lance over his right shoulder. Traces of epigraphy on either side: |ημ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Δημ[ήτριος]. Border of dots enclosed by borders of smaller dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, a cross above. Border of dots.

 η.η
τ̣ρι̣σ̣Φ
στου
̣ηλγΖη

Δη[μ]ητρίου σφράγισμα τοῦ Ἀηλγάζη

Obverse

St. Demetrios mounted on a horse, holding a lance over his right shoulder. Traces of epigraphy on either side: |ημ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Δημ[ήτριος]. Border of dots enclosed by borders of smaller dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, a cross above. Border of dots.

 η.η
τ̣ρι̣σ̣Φ
στου
̣ηλγΖη

Δη[μ]ητρίου σφράγισμα τοῦ Ἀηλγάζη

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.2601
Diameter 28.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 641.

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

Translation

Δημητρίου σφράγισμα τοῦ Ἀηλγάζη.

Seal of Demetrios Aelgazes.

Commentary

The family name on this seal appears to be a compound of Turkic elements, as noted by Seibt-Wassiliou in her commentary (with further references).

Bibliography

  • Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)