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N., kommerkiarios of Pontos (eighth/ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type). Preserved in the lower quarters: ΔΛ. Wreath border.

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τῷ σῷ] δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, remnants of three visible. Wreath border.

ΚΟΜ
ΚΙΑΡ Τ
ΠΟΝ/

... κομ[ερ]κιαρ(ίῳ) τοῦ Πόντ(ου)

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type). Preserved in the lower quarters: ΔΛ. Wreath border.

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τῷ σῷ] δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, remnants of three visible. Wreath border.

ΚΟΜ
ΚΙΑΡ Τ
ΠΟΝ/

... κομ[ερ]κιαρ(ίῳ) τοῦ Πόντ(ου)

Accession number BZS.1977.34.87
Diameter 21.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 3, no. 72.3.

Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ ... κομερκιαρίῳ τοῦ Πόντου.

Lord or Mother of God, help your servant ... kommerkiarios of Pontos.

Commentary

On the seals of officials active in Pontos, see the commentary to BZS 1951.31.5.108.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
  • The Life of Saint Nikon: Text, Translation, and Commentary (Open in Zotero)
  • Un grand mystique byzantin: vie de Syméon le Nouveau Théologien (949-1022) (Open in Zotero)
  • Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
  • Molivdovuly grečeskogo Vostoka (Open in Zotero)