Leo imperial protospatharios and strategos of the Boukellarioi (tenth century)
Obverse
Patriarchal cross (X on the lower crossbar) on three steps with fleurons rising to the lower crossbar. Remains of a circular inscription within a linear border:
τσδουλ,
[Κύριε βοήθει] τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)
Obverse
Patriarchal cross (X on the lower crossbar) on three steps with fleurons rising to the lower crossbar. Remains of a circular inscription within a linear border:
τσδουλ,
[Κύριε βοήθει] τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Linear border.
λ...
τοσ....
αθαρ,S...
ατ,R...
ελαρ
Λ[έοντος [β(ασιλικοῦ) (πρωτο)σπ]αθαρ(ίου) (καὶ) [στρ]ατηγ(οῦ) Β[ουκελαρ[ίων]
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.870 |
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Diameter | 24.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 1.30 |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Λέοντος βασιλικοῦ πρωτοσπαθαρίου καὶ στρατηγοῦ Βουκελαρίων.
Lord, help your servant Leo, imperial 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)
Commentary
The reading [Βα(σιλικοῦ) σπ]αθαρ(ίου) is also possible but unlikely.