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Damianos Abramios, kouboukleisios and episkeptites of the imperial estates of Rodandos (or Podandos?) (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription of six lines. No border visible.

+κεR.
ηθιτον
σονδ̅δα
μιανκ
Rκλη
σ

K(ύρι)ε β[ο]ήθι τὸν σὸν δ(οῦλον) Δαμιαν(ὸν) κουβουκλήσ(ιον)

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. No border visible.

.επισ
.επητιτ,
.R̅κτιμ
.οδανδ
.αRπα
μ

[(καὶ)] ἐπισ[κ]επτίτ(ην) [τ(ῶν)] β(ασιλικῶν) κτιμ(άτων) [Ῥ]οδανδ(οῦ) (?) [τ(ὸν)] Ἀβράμ(ιον)

Obverse

Inscription of six lines. No border visible.

+κεR.
ηθιτον
σονδ̅δα
μιανκ
Rκλη
σ

K(ύρι)ε β[ο]ήθι τὸν σὸν δ(οῦλον) Δαμιαν(ὸν) κουβουκλήσ(ιον)

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. No border visible.

.επισ
.επητιτ,
.R̅κτιμ
.οδανδ
.αRπα
μ

[(καὶ)] ἐπισ[κ]επτίτ(ην) [τ(ῶν)] β(ασιλικῶν) κτιμ(άτων) [Ῥ]οδανδ(οῦ) (?) [τ(ὸν)] Ἀβράμ(ιον)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1867
Diameter 34.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 46.2.

Translation

Kύριε βοήθι τὸν σὸν δοῦλον Δαμιανὸν κουβουκλήσιον καὶ ἐπισκεπτίτην τῶν βασιλικῶν κτιμάτων Ῥοδανδοῦ τὸν Ἀβράμιον.

Lord, help your servant Damianos Abramios, kouboukleisios and episkeptites of the imperial estates of Rodandos.

Commentary

The place name could as well be restored as Ροδανδοῦ, which also possessed an imperial episkepsis (see Sig., 315; Oikonomides, "Organization," 288). See also Cheynet, "Episkeptitai," 269.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • Das byzantinische Bleisiegel als Kunstwerk: Katalog zur Ausstellung (Open in Zotero)
  • Kappadokien (Kappadokia, Charsianon, Sebasteia und Lykandos) (Open in Zotero)
  • Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • L’organisation de la frontière orientale de Byzance aux Xe-XIe siècles et Le Taktikon de l’Escorial (Open in Zotero)
  • Épiskeptitai et autres gestionnaires des biens publics (d’après les sceaux de l’IFEB) (Open in Zotero)