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Theophanes imperial protospatharios and anagrapheus of the Armeniakoi (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Patriarchal cross (X at crossbars) on three steps with fleurons rising to the upper bar. Remains of a circular inscription within a border of dots:

κε.....τσ....

Κ(ύρι)ε [βοήθει] τῷ σῷ [δούλῳ]

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

θεοα
νR΄α΄σπαθ
.αναγρ.
τοναρ
μενια

θεοφάν(ει) β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) [(καὶ)] ἀναγρ[α]φ(εῖ) τον Ἀρμενια(κῶν)

Obverse

Patriarchal cross (X at crossbars) on three steps with fleurons rising to the upper bar. Remains of a circular inscription within a border of dots:

κε.....τσ....

Κ(ύρι)ε [βοήθει] τῷ σῷ [δούλῳ]

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

θεοα
νR΄α΄σπαθ
.αναγρ.
τοναρ
μενια

θεοφάν(ει) β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) [(καὶ)] ἀναγρ[α]φ(εῖ) τον Ἀρμενια(κῶν)

Accession number BZS.1958.106.1441
Diameter 25.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 22.5.

Another very similar seal (but not from the same boulloterion) is published in Zacos, Seals II, no. 325.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ θεοφάνει βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ ἀναγραφεῖ τον Ἀρμενιακῶν.

Lord, help your servant Theophanes, imperial protospatharios and anagrapheus of the Armeniakoi.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • The Armeniac Theme and the Fate of Its Leaders (Open in Zotero)
  • Les sceaux byzantins de la Collection Henri Seyrig (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
  • Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
  • De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
  • Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
  • Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)
  • Istoriceskoe znacenie italo-greceskoj ikonopisi: Izobra zenija Bogomatera v prozvedenijah italo-greceskih ikonopiscev i ih vlijanie na kompozicii nekotoryh proslavlennyh russkih ikon (Open in Zotero)