N., strategos of Macedonia (eighth/ninth century)
Obverse
Lower half of cruciform invocative monogram with the letters: ΔΛΩ. Wreath border.
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τῷ σῷ] δούλῳ
Obverse
Lower half of cruciform invocative monogram with the letters: ΔΛΩ. Wreath border.
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τῷ σῷ] δούλῳ
Reverse
Traces of four inscribed lines. No visible border.
...
ΤΡΑΤ
ΜΑΚΕ
ΔΟΝΙ
...... [σ]τρατ[ηγῷ] Μακεδονί(ας)
Accession number | BZS.1947.2.100 |
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Diameter | 23.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 43.37. |
Translation
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ ...... στρατηγῷ Μακεδονίας.
Lord or Theotokos, help your servant N., strategos of Macedonia.
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)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Theophanes Continuatus, Ioannes Cameniata, Symeon Magister, Georgius Monachus (Open in Zotero)