Constantine Lependrenos (?) chartoularios and horreiarios of the dromos (?) of the Anatolikoi (eleventh century)
Obverse
Inscription of five lines. No border visible.
+Κ.
ΧΑΡΤ
ΛΑΡΙ
ΡΙΑ
Ρ,
Κωνσταντίνῳ χαρτουλαρίῳ καὶ ὡριαρίῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. No border visible.
.ΔΡΟ
.ΤΟΝΑ
ΝΑΤΟΛΙΚ
ΚΟΝΤΛ
.ΠΕΝ
τοῦ δρόμου (?) τον Ἀνατολικον τῷ Λεπενδρηνῷ
Obverse
Inscription of five lines. No border visible.
+Κ.
ΧΑΡΤ
ΛΑΡΙ
ΡΙΑ
Ρ,
Κωνσταντίνῳ χαρτουλαρίῳ καὶ ὡριαρίῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. No border visible.
.ΔΡΟ
.ΤΟΝΑ
ΝΑΤΟΛΙΚ
ΚΟΝΤΛ
.ΠΕΝ
τοῦ δρόμου (?) τον Ἀνατολικον τῷ Λεπενδρηνῷ
| Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.2275 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 19.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 86.22. |
| Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κωνσταντίνῳ χαρτουλαρίῳ καὶ ὡριαρίῳ τοῦ δρόμου τον Ἀνατολικον τῷ Λεπενδρηνῷ.
Constantine Lependrenos (?) chartoularios and horreiarios of the dromos of the Anatolikoi.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
- Sceaux byzantins du Musée National de Varsovie (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The reading of the obverse is secure, but on the reverse the reading of this official's function and his family name is very uncertain.