Basil Xeros, imperial protospatharios epi tou Chrysotriklinou, judge of the Hippodrome and of the Anatolikoi (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin with hands held before her. Traces of sigla visible on the two sides. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription followed by decoration. Border of dots.
ΠΑΘΑΡ,
ΠΙΤΓ..
ΡΙΤΕΠΙ.
ΔΡΟΜ
ΝΑΝΑΤ.
ΚΟΞΗΡ
Βασίλειος πρωτοσπαθάριος ἐπὶ τοῦ Χρυσοτρικλίνου, κριτὴς ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἱπποδρόμου καὶ τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν ὁ Ξερός
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin with hands held before her. Traces of sigla visible on the two sides. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription followed by decoration. Border of dots.
ΠΑΘΑΡ,
ΠΙΤΓ..
ΡΙΤΕΠΙ.
ΔΡΟΜ
ΝΑΝΑΤ.
ΚΟΞΗΡ
Βασίλειος πρωτοσπαθάριος ἐπὶ τοῦ Χρυσοτρικλίνου, κριτὴς ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἱπποδρόμου καὶ τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν ὁ Ξερός
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.3412 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 22.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 86.23. |
Translation
Βασίλειος πρωτοσπαθάριος ἐπὶ τοῦ Χρυσοτρικλίνου, κριτὴς ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἱπποδρόμου καὶ τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν ὁ Ξερός.
Basil Xeros protospatharios, epi tou Chrysotriklinou, judge of the Hippodrome and of the Anatolikoi.
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)
- Istoriceskoe znacenie italo-greceskoj ikonopisi: Izobra zenija Bogomatera v prozvedenijah italo-greceskih ikonopiscev i ih vlijanie na kompozicii nekotoryh proslavlennyh russkih ikon (Open in Zotero)
- 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)
- Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
- Sceaux byzantins du Musée National de Varsovie (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The present seal has been restored according to the parallel specimen (from the same boulloterion) published by Lihačev.
The prosopographical problems arising from this and other seals presenting the same or similar names and titles are discussed at length in the commentary to BZS 1947.2.135 and 1955.1.2243, in DOSeals 2.8.16.