Gregory imperial protospatharios and strategos of the Thrakesioi (tenth century)
Obverse
Patriarchal cross on four steps. Circular inscription between a double border of dots:
κεRο.θειτσουλ
Κ(ύρι)ε βο[ή]θει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Patriarchal cross on four steps. Circular inscription between a double border of dots:
κεRο.θειτσουλ
Κ(ύρι)ε βο[ή]θει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines preceded and followed by a row of pellets. Border of dots.
· · ·
+γρη.ρ/
πτ.Rσ
π.Sστρ
.θρκισ/
· · ·
Γρη[γ]ωρ(ίῳ) πατ[ρ(ικίῳ)], β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπα[θ(αρίῳ)] (καὶ) στρα(τηγῷ) [τ(ῶν)] Θρᾳκισ(ίων)
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.1457 |
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Diameter | 22.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 2.41. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Γρηγωρίῳ πατρικίῳ, βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῶν Θρᾳκισίων.
Lord, help your servant Gregory, imperial protospatharios and strategos of the Thrakesioi.
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)
- Constantini Porphyrogeniti De cerimoniis aulae byzantinae (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Praetorians: An Administrative, Institutional, and Social Survey of the Opsikion and Tagmata, c. 580-900 (Open in Zotero)
- Theophanis Chronographia (Open in Zotero)
- L’histoire et la géographie de la région de Smyrne entre les deux occupations turques (1081-1317), particulièrement au XIIIe siècle (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- “Thrakien” und “Thrakesion” (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The reading Θρᾳκησίων rather than Θρᾴκης is secure because of the clearly distinct abbreviation mark at the end of the inscription.