Niketas Anzas, exaktor, judge of the Hippodrome, and chartoularios of the genikon (eleventh century, second half)
Obverse
Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.
ΚΕ
ΟΗΘ,Τ.
ΣΩΔΟΥΛ
ΝΙΚΗΤ,ΕΞ
ΚΤΩΡ,ΚΡ
ΙΤΗ
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθ(ει) τ[ῷ] σῷ δούλ[ῳ] Νικήτ(ᾳ) ἐξ[ά]κτωρ(ι), κριτῇ
Reverse
Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.
ΠΙ
πΟΔΡΟΜ
SΧΑΡΤΟΥ
Λ,ΤΓΕΝ
ΚΟΥΤΩ
ΑΝΖΑ
[ἐ]πὶ [τοῦ Ἱπ]ποδρόμου (καὶ) χαρτουλ(αρίῳ) τοῦ γεν[ι]κοῦ τῷ Ἀνζᾷ
Obverse
Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.
ΚΕ
ΟΗΘ,Τ.
ΣΩΔΟΥΛ
ΝΙΚΗΤ,ΕΞ
ΚΤΩΡ,ΚΡ
ΙΤΗ
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθ(ει) τ[ῷ] σῷ δούλ[ῳ] Νικήτ(ᾳ) ἐξ[ά]κτωρ(ι), κριτῇ
Reverse
Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.
ΠΙ
πΟΔΡΟΜ
SΧΑΡΤΟΥ
Λ,ΤΓΕΝ
ΚΟΥΤΩ
ΑΝΖΑ
[ἐ]πὶ [τοῦ Ἱπ]ποδρόμου (καὶ) χαρτουλ(αρίῳ) τοῦ γεν[ι]κοῦ τῷ Ἀνζᾷ
| Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1113 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 1.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | Laurent, Corpus 2: no. 382; Nesbitt and Seibt, “Anzas Family,” 197, fig. 6. |
| Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικήτᾳ ἐξάκτωρι, κριτῇ ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἱπποδρόμου καὶ χαρτουλαρίῳ τοῦ γενικοῦ τῷ Ἀνζᾷ.
Lord, help your servant Niketas Anzas, exaktor, judge of the Hippodrome, and chartoularios of the genikon.
Bibliography
- The Anzas Family: Members of the Byzantine Civil Administration in the Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Centuries (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This seal of Niketas poses a problem. It seems to belong to a Niketas exaktor, judge of the Hippodrome, and chartoularios of the genikon, and preserves a family name whose reading is not absolutely certain. Laurent, Corpus 2: no. 382, transcribed the last line as .kke.m and dated the seal to the eleventh/twelfth century. The seal is bilateral and lacks sufficient criteria for close dating.