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Nicholas Chrysoberges, protokensor and megas oikonomos of the Western episkepsis (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription in six lines with final four letters between two horizontal bars. Border of dots.

ΚΕ̅ο
ηθειτ
σδουλ
νικολα
προτ,κεν
σρι

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικόλαῳ προτ(ο)κένσωρι

Reverse

Inscription in six lines with the first line flanked on each side by a pellet. Border of dots.

·οι·
κονομ
τνδυσικ,
επισκεψε
ντχρυ
σοεργ,

(καὶ) μ(ε)γ(άλῳ) οἰκονόμῳ τῶν δυσικ(ῶν) ἐπισκέψεων τῷ χρυσοβέργ(ῃ)

Obverse

Inscription in six lines with final four letters between two horizontal bars. Border of dots.

ΚΕ̅ο
ηθειτ
σδουλ
νικολα
προτ,κεν
σρι

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικόλαῳ προτ(ο)κένσωρι

Reverse

Inscription in six lines with the first line flanked on each side by a pellet. Border of dots.

·οι·
κονομ
τνδυσικ,
επισκεψε
ντχρυ
σοεργ,

(καὶ) μ(ε)γ(άλῳ) οἰκονόμῳ τῶν δυσικ(ῶν) ἐπισκέψεων τῷ χρυσοβέργ(ῃ)

Accession number BZS.1958.106.4155
Diameter 23.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 1.30b.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικόλαῳ πρωτοκένσωρι καὶ μεγάλῳ οἰκονόμῳ τῶν δυσικῶν ἐπισκέψεων τῷ Χρυσοβέργῃ.

Lord, help your servant Nicholas Chrysoberges protokensor and megas oikonomos of the Western episkepseis.

Commentary

The reading of this seal has been restored with reference to its better preserved parallel from the same boulloterion: BZS.1958.106.1366. See the commentary to that entry.

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)