John imperial protospatharios and strategos of Cherson (ninth/tenth century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin holding medallion of Christ before her. No sigla. Circular inscription within two borders of dots.
ΚΕΟΗΘ..ΣΔΟΥΛ
Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines preceded by decoration. Border of dots.
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Ἰωάννῃ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Χερσόνος
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin holding medallion of Christ before her. No sigla. Circular inscription within two borders of dots.
ΚΕΟΗΘ..ΣΔΟΥΛ
Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines preceded by decoration. Border of dots.
···
ιν
νηασπ
θρστ
ρτηγχ
ερσον
Ἰωάννῃ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Χερσόνος
| Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.583 |
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| Diameter | 22.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 82.13. |
| Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Χερσόνος.
Lord, help your servant John, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Cherson.
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)
- Pečati Hersonskoj Femy (Open in Zotero)
- Monety i pečati vizantijskogo Hersona (Open in Zotero)
- De Administrando Imperio (Open in Zotero)
- Nicephori archiepiscopi Constantinopolitani Opuscula historica (Open in Zotero)
- Ioannis Scylitzae Synopsis historiarum (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- L’administration byzantine de Cherson: catalogue des sceaux (Open in Zotero)
- Archaeology and the History of Cherson (Open in Zotero)
- Svincovye pečati vizantijskogo Hersona (Open in Zotero)
- Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
- Sceaux byzantins inédits (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
See the commentary to BZS 1958.106.4036; the owner of that seal may have been the imperial protospatharios and strategos of Cherson, John Bogas.