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Christopher spatharokoubikoularios, asekretis and judge of the Peloponnesos and Hellas (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription of five lines, the final letter between horizontal bars. Border of dots.

.ΕΡΟΘ
.ΡΙΣΤΟ.
ΣΠΑΘΑΡ
ΚΙ,
Λ,

[Κ(ύρι)ε βο(ή)θ[ει Χ]ριστο[φ(όρῳ)] σπαθαρ(ο)κουβι[κ(ου)]λ(αρίῳ)

Reverse

Inscription of four lines with decoration below. Border of dots.

.ΣΗ..
ΚΡΙΤ.
Π.ΛΟΠΟΝ
..ΛΛΑΔ,
 

[ἀ]ση[κρ(ῆτις)] (καὶ) κριτ[ῇ] Π[ε]λοπον(νήσου) [(καὶ) Ἑ]λλάδ(ος)

Obverse

Inscription of five lines, the final letter between horizontal bars. Border of dots.

.ΕΡΟΘ
.ΡΙΣΤΟ.
ΣΠΑΘΑΡ
ΚΙ,
Λ,

[Κ(ύρι)ε βο(ή)θ[ει Χ]ριστο[φ(όρῳ)] σπαθαρ(ο)κουβι[κ(ου)]λ(αρίῳ)

Reverse

Inscription of four lines with decoration below. Border of dots.

.ΣΗ..
ΚΡΙΤ.
Π.ΛΟΠΟΝ
..ΛΛΑΔ,
 

[ἀ]ση[κρ(ῆτις)] (καὶ) κριτ[ῇ] Π[ε]λοπον(νήσου) [(καὶ) Ἑ]λλάδ(ος)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.819
Diameter 27.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 2, no. 8.21.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει Χριστοφόρῳ σπαθαροκουβικουλαρίῳ, ἀσηκρῆτις καὶ κριτῇ Πελοποννήσου καὶ Ἑλλάδος.

Lord, help Christopher, spatharokoubikoularios, asekretis and judge of Peloponnesos and Hellas.

Commentary

The format of this specimen and BZS 1955.1.1944 are similar. It is possible that we are dealing with the same person.

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. 1 (Open in Zotero)
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  • Hellas und Thessalia (Open in Zotero)
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  • Die byzantinische Armee im 10. und 11. Jahrhundert: Studien zur Organisation der Tagmata (Open in Zotero)