N., patrikios and strategos of Sicily (ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (of indeterminate type); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. No visible border.
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (of indeterminate type); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. No visible border.
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Wreath border.
...
πτρι
στρ
ιγσικε
λισ
....ῳ πατρικίῳ καὶ στρατιγῷ Σικελίας
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.3360 |
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Diameter | 30.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 5.33. |
Translation
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ ....ῳ πατρικίῳ καὶ στρατιγῷ Σικελίας.
Lord or Theotokos, help your servant N., patrikios and strategos of Sicily.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The remnants of letters of the first line (rev.) are uncertain; but they might be read as ΗΓΟ, which would suggest the reading Γρηγο|ρίῳ. Cf. Corpus inscriptionum graecarum IV (Berlin, 1857), no. 8991. But this is uncertain.