Katakalon Gabras imperial protospatharios and strategos of Cephalonia (eleventh century)
Obverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
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.ΟΗΘΕΙΤ,
.ΔΟΥΛ,
.ΑΤΑΚΑ
ΛΟ
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κατακαλο
Obverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
+ΚΕ
.ΟΗΘΕΙΤ,
.ΔΟΥΛ,
.ΑΤΑΚΑ
ΛΟ
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κατακαλο
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. No visible border.
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ΣΠΑΘΣ
ΤΡΑΤ,ΦΑ
ΛΙΝ,ΟΓ.
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βασιλικῷ (πρωτο)σπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Κεφαλινίας ὁ Γαβρᾶς
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.3150 |
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Diameter | 25.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 1.14. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κατακαλο βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Κεφαλινίας ὁ Γαβρᾶς.
Lord, help your servant Katakalon Gabras, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Cephalonia.
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Commentary
The reading of the family name is not secure; other sound possibilities include Γλαβᾶς or Γρίβας. We know that the Gabras family is attested in the second half of the tenth century (A. Bryer, "A Byzantine Family: The Gabrades, c. 979-c. 1653," University of Birmingham Historical Journal 12 [1970] 164-187 and additions in ByzSl 36 [1975] 38-45, now in A. Bryer, The Empire of Trebizond and the Pontos [London, 1980], IIIa and IIIb).