Paul judge of the Aegean fleet (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Panteleimon, beardless. Faint vertical inscription: Ο|Α|Γ.|ΟΣΠ|ΑΝ|ΤΕ|Λ, : Ὁ ἅγιος Παντελεήμων. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of St. Panteleimon, beardless. Faint vertical inscription: Ο|Α|Γ.|ΟΣΠ|ΑΝ|ΤΕ|Λ, : Ὁ ἅγιος Παντελεήμων. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines between two ornaments. Border of dots.
ΠΑΥΛ
ΣΦΡΑΓΙΣ
ΚΡΙΝΟΝΤ,
ΑΙΓΑΙΟΝ
ΠΛΟΟΝ
Πάυλου σφραγὶς κρίνοντος Αἰγαῖον πλόον
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.3698 |
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Diameter | 33.0 mm; field: 23.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 40.19a. |
Translation
Πάυλου σφραγὶς κρίνοντος Αἰγαῖον πλόον.
The seal of Paul who acts as judge for the Aegaean fleet.
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)
- Methodii Patriarchae Constantinopolitani Vita S. Theophanis Confessoris: e codice mosquensi no. 159 (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (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)
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 2, Siegellegenden von Ny bis inklusive Sphragis (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
A correct twelve-syllable verse. This poetic inscription is of interest for showing that in the eleventh century the Aigaion was still perceived as a maritime province supplying seamen for the fleet.