Basil Erotikos, judge of Hellas and the Peloponnesos (eleventh century)
Obverse
Inscription of five lines with decoration above; the final two letters are flanked by bars. Border of dots.
ΕΡΤΙ
ΚΟΥΣΦΡΑ
ΓΙΣΜΑΤ
ΑΣ,ΛΕΙ
ΟΥ
Ἐρωτικοῦ σφράγισμα τοῦ Βασιλείου
Reverse
Inscription of five lines preceded by decoration, the final three letters flanked by bars. Border of dots.
ΚΡΙΣΙΣ
ΕΠΟΝΤΟΣ
ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ
ΚΑΙΠΕΛ,
ΠΝ
κρίσις ἕποντος Ἑλλάδος καὶ Πελόπων
Obverse
Inscription of five lines with decoration above; the final two letters are flanked by bars. Border of dots.
ΕΡΤΙ
ΚΟΥΣΦΡΑ
ΓΙΣΜΑΤ
ΑΣ,ΛΕΙ
ΟΥ
Ἐρωτικοῦ σφράγισμα τοῦ Βασιλείου
Reverse
Inscription of five lines preceded by decoration, the final three letters flanked by bars. Border of dots.
ΚΡΙΣΙΣ
ΕΠΟΝΤΟΣ
ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ
ΚΑΙΠΕΛ,
ΠΝ
κρίσις ἕποντος Ἑλλάδος καὶ Πελόπων
| Accession number | BZS.1958.106.4920 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 26.0 mm; field: 19.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 8.18. Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 796. |
Translation
Ἐρωτικοῦ σφράγισμα τοῦ Βασιλείου κρίσις ἕποντος Ἑλλάδος καὶ Πελόπων.
The seal of Basil Erotikos who handles legal decisions in Hellas and the Peloponnesos.
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)
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Commentary
Two twelve syllable verses. In verse 2; κρίσις should be read as κρίσεις; at the end, all editors of the Athens specimens restored Πελοποννήσου; but we maintain that for sake of the metre the archaic Πελόπων was used as a poetic name indicating the Peloponnesians (cf. the common usage of ἡ Πέλοπος for the Peloponnesos). Cf. Bon, Péloponnèse, 194-95, with no further information on Basil Erotikos. On the family, cf. JÖB 38 (1978) 206-7.