Niketas judge of Mesopotamia (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Inscription of five lines, a decoration above. Border of dots.
– –
+Rλασ
RεRαι
νικηταS
τσλο
-γσ-
βουλὰς βεβαιῶ Νικήτα (καὶ) τοὺς λόγους
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, a decoration above. Border of dots.
– –
τηρ
δικαστ
τησμεσο
ποταμι
-ασ-
τηρῶ δικαστοῦ τῆς Μεσοποταμίας
Obverse
Inscription of five lines, a decoration above. Border of dots.
– –
+Rλασ
RεRαι
νικηταS
τσλο
-γσ-
βουλὰς βεβαιῶ Νικήτα (καὶ) τοὺς λόγους
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, a decoration above. Border of dots.
– –
τηρ
δικαστ
τησμεσο
ποταμι
-ασ-
τηρῶ δικαστοῦ τῆς Μεσοποταμίας
| Accession number | BZS.1958.106.5660 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 26.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 55.5. See also Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 208. Another specimen, possibly from the same boulloterion, was published by Konstantoupoulos, no. 155γ; cf. Laurent, Bulles métriques, no. 37. |
Translation
βουλὰς βεβαιῶ Νικήτα καὶ τοὺς λόγους τηρῶ δικαστοῦ τῆς Μεσοποταμίας.
I certify the decisions and secure the correspondence of Niketas, judge of Mesopotamia.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- Les bulles métriques dans la sigillographie byzantine (Open in Zotero)
- De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
- De Administrando Imperio (Open in Zotero)
- Constantini Porphyrogeniti De cerimoniis aulae byzantinae (Open in Zotero)
- Überlegungen zur Vorgeschichte des Thema Mesopotamien (Open in Zotero)
- Silk Trade and Production in Byzantium from the Sixth to the Ninth Century: The Seals of Kommerkiarioi (Open in Zotero)
- Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)
- Molivdovuli na Damjan Dobromirduk na Trakija i Mesopotamija (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The inscription is composed of two twelve-syllable verses.