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N. protospatharios and strategos of the Boukellarioi (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. George holding a martyr's cross in front of him. Vertical inscription on either side: γι|o-γ|εο|ρ,. : [Ὁ ἅ]γιο(ς) Γεόρ(γιος). Remains of a circular inscription along the border of dots:

K.........δουλ,

Κ[ύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ] δούλ(ῳ)

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, top line missing. Border of dots.

αασ..
θ.Sστ..
τιγ,τν.
Rκελ

...ᾳ (πρωτο)σ[πα]θ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) στ[ρα]τιγ(ῷ) τῶν Βουκελ(λαρίων)

Obverse

Bust of St. George holding a martyr's cross in front of him. Vertical inscription on either side: γι|o-γ|εο|ρ,. : [Ὁ ἅ]γιο(ς) Γεόρ(γιος). Remains of a circular inscription along the border of dots:

K.........δουλ,

Κ[ύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ] δούλ(ῳ)

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, top line missing. Border of dots.

αασ..
θ.Sστ..
τιγ,τν.
Rκελ

...ᾳ (πρωτο)σ[πα]θ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) στ[ρα]τιγ(ῷ) τῶν Βουκελ(λαρίων)

Accession number BZS.1958.106.3062
Diameter 20.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no 1.38.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ....ᾳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατιγῷ τῶν Βουκελλαρίων.

Lord, help your servant ....a, protospatharios and strategos of the Boukellarioi.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Praetorians: An Administrative, Institutional, and Social Survey of the Opsikion and Tagmata, c. 580-900 (Open in Zotero)
  • Galatien und Lykaonien (Open in Zotero)
  • De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
  • Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
  • Paphlagonien und Honorias (Open in Zotero)
  • Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)