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John imperial spatharios and komes tes kortes of Pamphlagonia (tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Virgin holding Christ before her. Circular inscription within a border of dots:

κεRοηθειτσδουλ,

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

ιαν,
RσπαθS
κομηττ
κορτπαμ
φλαγ

Ἰωάν(νῃ) β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) κόμητ(ι) τ(ῆς) κόρτ(ης) Παμφλαγ(ονίας)

Obverse

Bust of the Virgin holding Christ before her. Circular inscription within a border of dots:

κεRοηθειτσδουλ,

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

ιαν,
RσπαθS
κομηττ
κορτπαμ
φλαγ

Ἰωάν(νῃ) β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) κόμητ(ι) τ(ῆς) κόρτ(ης) Παμφλαγ(ονίας)

Accession number BZS.1958.106.5462
Diameter 21.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 11.19a.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ κόμητι τῆς κόρτης Παμφλαγονίας.

Lord, help your servant John, imperial spatharios and komes tes kortes of Pamphlagonia.

Commentary

This seal and the less well preserved BZS.1947.2.195 come from the same boulloterion. Their readings are combined.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantinische Bleisiegel in Berlin II (Open in Zotero)
  • Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (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)