Samuel protospatharios and judge of Hellas (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Inscription of four lines preceded and followed by decoration. No visible border.
ΚΕΟ
ΗΘΕΙΤ
ΣΔΟΥ
.
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines preceded by decoration. No visible border.
ΣΑΜ
ΗΛΑˊΣΠΑ
.ΚΡΙΤΗ
ΕΛΛ..
Σαμωὴλ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ κριτῇ Ἑλλάδος
Obverse
Inscription of four lines preceded and followed by decoration. No visible border.
ΚΕΟ
ΗΘΕΙΤ
ΣΔΟΥ
.
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines preceded by decoration. No visible border.
ΣΑΜ
ΗΛΑˊΣΠΑ
.ΚΡΙΤΗ
ΕΛΛ..
Σαμωὴλ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ κριτῇ Ἑλλάδος
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.2098 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 19.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 8.27. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Σαμωὴλ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ κριτῇ Ἑλλάδος.
Lord, help your servant Samuel, protospatharios and judge of 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)
- 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
Note the phonetically interesting replacement of ου by ω in Σαμουήλ. Would this echo local usage? We know that ου replaces ω in the Tzakonian dialect.