Leo imperial protospatharios and strategos of the Kibyrraiotai (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
A patriarchal cross (x at both crossbars) set on a base of steps with fleurons rising on both sides up to first crossbar. Within a border of dots, a circular inscription along the circumference:
ΚΕΟΗΘΕΙΤΣΔΟΥΛ,
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)
Obverse
A patriarchal cross (x at both crossbars) set on a base of steps with fleurons rising on both sides up to first crossbar. Within a border of dots, a circular inscription along the circumference:
ΚΕΟΗΘΕΙΤΣΔΟΥΛ,
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)
Reverse
Inscription of five lines; bottom line not preserved. Border of dots.
λεον
τισπ
θρ,στρ
τιγ,τ,κιβΥ
....
Λέοντι β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθαρ(ίῳ) (καὶ) στρατιγ(ῷ) τ(ῶν) Κιβυ[ρεοτ(ῶν)]
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.76 |
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Diameter | 22.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 59.25a. Cf. a similar specimen of the British Museum, published by Birch, no. 17533 (partially read). |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Λέοντι βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατιγῷ τῶν Κιβυρεοτῶν.
Lord, help your servant Leo imperial protospatharios and strategos of the Kibyrraiotai.
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)
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Commentary
The reading of this seal has been confirmed with reference to the parallel specimen from the same boulloterion (linked to this entry).