N. imperial protospatharios and strategos of Mesopotamia (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St Theodore, wearing a chlamys (buttoned on his right shoulder) and the maniakion, and holding the martyr’s cross before him. On either side a vertical inscription: ο|α|γ,-θ|ε|ο|δ, : ὁ ἅγ(ιος) Θεόδ(ωρος). Along the upper circumference, inscription within a border of dots:
+αγιε........οηθει
Ἅγιε [Θεόδωρε β]οήθει
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
....
.,Rσπ.
θ,Sστρτ
γ,μεσοπο
ταμι
... β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπ[α]θ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) στρατ[η]γ(ῷ) Μεσοποταμία(ς)
Obverse
Bust of St Theodore, wearing a chlamys (buttoned on his right shoulder) and the maniakion, and holding the martyr’s cross before him. On either side a vertical inscription: ο|α|γ,-θ|ε|ο|δ, : ὁ ἅγ(ιος) Θεόδ(ωρος). Along the upper circumference, inscription within a border of dots:
+αγιε........οηθει
Ἅγιε [Θεόδωρε β]οήθει
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
....
.,Rσπ.
θ,Sστρτ
γ,μεσοπο
ταμι
... β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπ[α]θ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) στρατ[η]γ(ῷ) Μεσοποταμία(ς)
| Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.666 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 23.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 55.14. |
| Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Ἅγιε Θεόδωρε βοήθει ... βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Μεσοποταμίας.
St Theodore, help ... imperial protospatharios and strategos of Mesopotamia.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
- De Administrando Imperio (Open in Zotero)
- Constantini Porphyrogeniti De cerimoniis aulae byzantinae (Open in Zotero)
- Überlegungen zur Vorgeschichte des Thema Mesopotamien (Open in Zotero)
- Silk Trade and Production in Byzantium from the Sixth to the Ninth Century: The Seals of Kommerkiarioi (Open in Zotero)
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- Molivdovuli na Damjan Dobromirduk na Trakija i Mesopotamija (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)