Christophoros asekretis and judge of the Peloponnesos and Hellas (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Inscription of five lines; decoration visible below. Border of dots.
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Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Χριστοφόρῳ
Obverse
Inscription of five lines; decoration visible below. Border of dots.
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ΗΘΕΙΤ
ΣΔΛ
ΧΡΙΣΤΟ
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Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Χριστοφόρῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. No visible border.
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ἀσηκρῆτις καὶ κριτῇ Πελοποννήσου καὶ Ἑλλάδος
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.1944 |
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Diameter | 25.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 8.20. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Χριστοφόρῳ ἀσηκρῆτις καὶ κριτῇ Πελοποννήσου καὶ Ἑλλάδος.
Mother of God, help your servant Christophoros asekretis and judge of the Peloponnesos and Hellas.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Du stratège de thème au duc: chronologie de l’évolution au cours du XIe siècle (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Hellas und Thessalia (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- Die byzantinische Armee im 10. und 11. Jahrhundert: Studien zur Organisation der Tagmata (Open in Zotero)