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Paul Artenos, proedros (eleventh century, second half)

 
 

Obverse

St. Paul standing full length and holding a rotulus before him. In columns on either side, the sigla: Ο|Α|ΓΙ|ΟΠΑΥΛ. Ὁ ἅγ(ιος) Παύλ(ος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, a decoration below. Border of dots.

.ΦΡΑΓΙ.
ΠΑΥΛΟΥ
ΑΕΡΤ
ΑΡΤΗΝ.


[Σ]φραγὶ[ς] Παύλου (προ)έδρου τοῦ Ἀρτην[οῦ]

Obverse

St. Paul standing full length and holding a rotulus before him. In columns on either side, the sigla: Ο|Α|ΓΙ|ΟΠΑΥΛ. Ὁ ἅγ(ιος) Παύλ(ος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, a decoration below. Border of dots.

.ΦΡΑΓΙ.
ΠΑΥΛΟΥ
ΑΕΡΤ
ΑΡΤΗΝ.


[Σ]φραγὶ[ς] Παύλου (προ)έδρου τοῦ Ἀρτην[οῦ]

Accession number BZS 1958.106.1311
Diameter 22.0 mm; field: 21.0 mm
Previous Editions

Seibt-Nesbitt, "Odd surnames," no. 15. See also Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 2705.

Translation

Σφραγὶς Παύλου προέδρου τοῦ Ἀρτηνοῦ.

The seal of the proedros Paul Artenos.

Commentary

Bibliography

  • Odd Surnames beginning with Alpha. A Selection of Examples of Byzantine Seals in the Harvard Collections (Open in Zotero)
  • Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 2, Siegellegenden von Ny bis inklusive Sphragis (Open in Zotero)