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N. patrikios, imperial protospatharios and strategos of the Anatolikoi (eighth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII). In the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. Wreath border.

....
.ΗΠΑΤΡΙΚ
..ΑΣΑΣΠΑ
.ΑΡΣΤΡ.
ΤΝΑΝ
...

...ῃ πατρικ[ίῳ β]ασι(λικῷ) (πρωτο)σπα[θ]αρί(ῳ) (καὶ) στρ[α(τγηῷ)] τῶν Ἀ[νατολικ]ῶ(ν)

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII). In the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. Wreath border.

....
.ΗΠΑΤΡΙΚ
..ΑΣΑΣΠΑ
.ΑΡΣΤΡ.
ΤΝΑΝ
...

...ῃ πατρικ[ίῳ β]ασι(λικῷ) (πρωτο)σπα[θ]αρί(ῳ) (καὶ) στρ[α(τγηῷ)] τῶν Ἀ[νατολικ]ῶ(ν)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.892
Diameter 33.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 3, no. 86.57.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ ...ῃ πατρικίῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατγηῷ τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν.

Lord, help your servant ...es, patrikios imperial protospatharios and strategos of the Anatolikoi.

Commentary

The owner's name could be Ἰωάννῃ, Θεοφάνη [instead of Θεοφάνει], etc.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
  • Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
  • Sceaux byzantins du Musée National de Varsovie (Open in Zotero)
  • Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)