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Malakenos protospatharios and judge of the Anatolikoi (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription of four lines followed by decoration. Border of dots.

+ΚΕ̅Ο
ΗΘ,ΤΣ
ΔˊΛˊΜΑΛΑ
ΚΕΙΝΟ

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλ Μαλακεινο

Reverse

Inscription of four lines followed by decoration. Border of dots.

ΑˊΣΠΑ
ΘˊΚΡΙΤ,
ΤΝΑΝΑ
ΤΟΛΙΚ
 

πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ κριτ τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν

Obverse

Inscription of four lines followed by decoration. Border of dots.

+ΚΕ̅Ο
ΗΘ,ΤΣ
ΔˊΛˊΜΑΛΑ
ΚΕΙΝΟ

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλ Μαλακεινο

Reverse

Inscription of four lines followed by decoration. Border of dots.

ΑˊΣΠΑ
ΘˊΚΡΙΤ,
ΤΝΑΝΑ
ΤΟΛΙΚ
 

πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ κριτ τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν

Accession number BZS.1958.106.1585
Diameter 21.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 3, no. 86.29b.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Μαλακεινο πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ κριτῇ τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν.

Lord, help your servant Malakenos, protospatharios and judge of the Anatolikoi.

Commentary

The seal of Malakenos, protospatharios epi tou Chrysotriklinou and judge of the Hippodrome, is published by Laurent, Corpus II, no. 872. Concerning the Malakenoi family, see W. Seibt, "Konsequenzen aus der Umdatierung von Grumel, Regestes 933," JÖB 22 (1973) 211-12.

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)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (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)