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John hypatos and kommerkiarios of Chaldia (tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Patriarchal cross on four steps. Circular inscription within a border of dots:

+κεRοηθη,σ

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθη [τ]ῷ σ[ῷ δούλῳ]

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

...ν
υπτο
κουμερκ
ρηχ
δησ

[Ἰω]άν[νῃ] ὑπάτο [(καὶ)] κουμερκ[ι]αρήῳ Χα[λ]δήας

Obverse

Patriarchal cross on four steps. Circular inscription within a border of dots:

+κεRοηθη,σ

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθη [τ]ῷ σ[ῷ δούλῳ]

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

...ν
υπτο
κουμερκ
ρηχ
δησ

[Ἰω]άν[νῃ] ὑπάτο [(καὶ)] κουμερκ[ι]αρήῳ Χα[λ]δήας

Accession number BZS.1958.106.2065
Diameter 29.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 32.20.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ ὑπάτο καὶ κουμερκιαρήῳ Χαλδήας.

Lord, help your servant John, hypatos and kommerkiarios of Chaldia.

Commentary

The restoration of the first name is not certain. The bases of the two vertical strokes of Α in the first line are visible, thus excluding any round letter, such as Ο (for Λέοντι).

The present seal is closely associated with the roughly contemporary BZS.1955.1.1509, as they have the same decoration and contemporary epigraphy and come from the same stock of blanks. They present seal still has the appendage, which was folded and sealed on BZS.1955.1.1509.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • Βυζαντιακὰ μολυβδόβουλλα. Ἡ συλλογὴ Ἀναστασίου Κ. Π. Σταμούλη (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
  • Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
  • The Byzantine Monuments and Topography of the Pontos (Open in Zotero)
  • De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
  • Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)