N., patrikios and strategos of the Thrakesioi (eighth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII); in the quarters: -σ|δ-λ. Wreath border.
Κύριε βοήθει [τ]ῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of six lines. No visible border.
...
πτρι
../Sστρτ
ηγτν
.ρκησι
ν
...ᾳ πατρι[κ(ίῳ)] (καὶ) στρατηγῷ τῶν [Θ]ρᾳκησίων
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII); in the quarters: -σ|δ-λ. Wreath border.
Κύριε βοήθει [τ]ῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of six lines. No visible border.
...
πτρι
../Sστρτ
ηγτν
.ρκησι
ν
...ᾳ πατρι[κ(ίῳ)] (καὶ) στρατηγῷ τῶν [Θ]ρᾳκησίων
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.1293 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 23.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 2.56. Zacos-Veglery, no. 2616. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ ...ᾳ πατρικίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῶν Θρᾳκησίων.
Lord, help your servant ...as, patrikios and strategos of the Thrakesioi.
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)
- Constantini Porphyrogeniti De cerimoniis aulae byzantinae (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Praetorians: An Administrative, Institutional, and Social Survey of the Opsikion and Tagmata, c. 580-900 (Open in Zotero)
- Theophanis Chronographia (Open in Zotero)
- L’histoire et la géographie de la région de Smyrne entre les deux occupations turques (1081-1317), particulièrement au XIIIe siècle (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- “Thrakien” und “Thrakesion” (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The name of the owner could have been Kallonas, Gregoras, or Niketas (the most likely). The presence of with a broken horizontal bar points to an early eighth-century date.