Michael protospatharios, megas chartoularios and judge of the Peloponnesos and Hellas (eleventh century)
Obverse
Inscription of five lines preceded by decoration, the final letter flanked by horizontal bars. Border of dots.
ΜΙΧΑ
ΗΛΑΣΠΑ
Θ,Ρ,ΧΑΡ
ΤΛΑΡ,
Μιχαὴλ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ, μεγάλῳ χαρτουλαρίῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines with decoration above and below. Border of dots.
Κ,ΚΡΗ
ΤΗΣΠΕ
ΛΠ,ΝΙΣ,
ΕΛΑΔ,
καὶ κρητὴς Πελωποννίσου καὶ Ἑλάδος
Obverse
Inscription of five lines preceded by decoration, the final letter flanked by horizontal bars. Border of dots.
ΜΙΧΑ
ΗΛΑΣΠΑ
Θ,Ρ,ΧΑΡ
ΤΛΑΡ,
Μιχαὴλ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ, μεγάλῳ χαρτουλαρίῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines with decoration above and below. Border of dots.
Κ,ΚΡΗ
ΤΗΣΠΕ
ΛΠ,ΝΙΣ,
ΕΛΑΔ,
καὶ κρητὴς Πελωποννίσου καὶ Ἑλάδος
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.2067 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 26.0 mm; field: 20.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 8.25. |
Translation
Μιχαὴλ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ, μεγάλῳ χαρτουλαρίῳ καὶ κρητὴς Πελωποννίσου καὶ Ἑλάδος.
Michael protospatharios, megas chartoularios and judge of the Peloponnesos and Hellas.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor (Open in Zotero)
- Corinth, Vol. 12, The Minor Objects (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Le Peloponnese byzantin jusqu’en 1204 (Open in Zotero)
- Du stratège de thème au duc: chronologie de l’évolution au cours du XIe siècle (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Hellas und Thessalia (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- Die byzantinische Armee im 10. und 11. Jahrhundert: Studien zur Organisation der Tagmata (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
There is an inconsistency between the obverse, written out in the dative, and the reverse, which is in the nominative. The seal of a Michael protospatharios epi tou Chrysotriklinou and judge of the Peloponnesos and Hellas was published in Corinth XII, no. 2818.