N. Artabasdos, magistros, judge of the Velum and praitor of the Peloponnesos and Hellas (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Nicholas blessing and holding book. Vertical inscription visible: |ΝΙ|Κ, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικ(ό)[λ(αος)]. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of St. Nicholas blessing and holding book. Vertical inscription visible: |ΝΙ|Κ, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικ(ό)[λ(αος)]. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of six (of at least seven) lines. No visible border.
Ρ..ΙΤ
..ΚΑ
ΡΑΙΤΡˋΠΕ
ΟΠΟΝΗΣ
.ΛΑΔ,ΤΑΡ
ΤΑΑΣΔ,
[... μαγίστ]ρῳ, [κρ]ιτ(ῇ) [τοῦ] β[ήλ]ου κα[ὶ π]ραίτωρ(ι) Πε[λ]οπονήσου (καὶ) [Ἑ]λάδ(ος) τῷ Ἀρταβάσδ(ῳ)
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.409 |
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Diameter | 24.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 8.32. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
... μαγίστρῳ, κριτῇ τοῦ βήλου καὶ πραίτωρι Πελοπονήσου καὶ Ἑλάδος τῷ Ἀρταβάσδῳ.
... N. Artabasdos, magistros, judge of the Velum, and praitor of the Peloponnesos and Hellas.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Le Peloponnese byzantin jusqu’en 1204 (Open in Zotero)
- Du stratège de thème au duc: chronologie de l’évolution au cours du XIe siècle (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Hellas und Thessalia (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- Die byzantinische Armee im 10. und 11. Jahrhundert: Studien zur Organisation der Tagmata (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
We know of several eleventh-century judges of the Velum who also became praitors (e.g., Zacos, Seals II, nos. 967, 994).