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George imperial spatharios and kommerkiarios of Chaldia (tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Peacock standing frontally, with wings and tail outspread. Circular inscription between two borders of dots:

κεRοηθειτσδουλ

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, rows of three pellets above and below. Border of dots.


γεργ
ιRσπθ
ριSκουμ
ερκηρι
χλδι

Γεωργίῳ β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθαρίῳ (καὶ) κουμερκηαρίῳ Χαλδία(ς)

Obverse

Peacock standing frontally, with wings and tail outspread. Circular inscription between two borders of dots:

κεRοηθειτσδουλ

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, rows of three pellets above and below. Border of dots.


γεργ
ιRσπθ
ριSκουμ
ερκηρι
χλδι

Γεωργίῳ β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθαρίῳ (καὶ) κουμερκηαρίῳ Χαλδία(ς)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.366
Diameter 26.0 mm; field: 24.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 32.18b.

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

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Γεωργίῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ κουμερκηαρίῳ Χαλδίας.

Lord, help your servant George, imperial spatharios and kommerkiarios of Chaldia.

Commentary

This seal and BZS.1958.106.3407 come from the same boulloterion and their readings have been combined.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • Βυζαντιακὰ μολυβδόβουλλα. Ἡ συλλογὴ Ἀναστασίου Κ. Π. Σταμούλη (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
  • Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
  • The Byzantine Monuments and Topography of the Pontos (Open in Zotero)
  • De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
  • Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)