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Thomas horreiarios of Herakleia (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription of three lines preceded and followed by an ornament. Linear border.

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ΚΕ,Θ,
ΤΣΔ
ΘΜΑ

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Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θωμᾷ

Reverse

Inscription of three lines preceded and followed by an ornament. Linear border.

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ΟΡΗ
ΑΡΙΟΗΡ
ΚΛΗΑ
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ὀρηαρίο Ἡρακλήας

Obverse

Inscription of three lines preceded and followed by an ornament. Linear border.

·
ΚΕ,Θ,
ΤΣΔ
ΘΜΑ

·

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θωμᾷ

Reverse

Inscription of three lines preceded and followed by an ornament. Linear border.

·
ΟΡΗ
ΑΡΙΟΗΡ
ΚΛΗΑ
·

ὀρηαρίο Ἡρακλήας

Accession number BZS.1958.106.3318
Diameter 23.0 mm; field: 18.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 53.2.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θωμᾷ ὀρηαρίο Ἡρακλήας.

Lord, help your servant Thomas horreiarios of Herakleia.

Commentary

Pančenko published the tenth/eleventh-century seal of another horreiarios of the city, Gregory Romanos (IRAIK 13 [1908] 119).

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea (Open in Zotero)
  • Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • La Thrace Orientale et La Mer Noire: Géographie Ecclésiastique et Prosopographie (VIIIe-XIIe Siècles) (Open in Zotero)