Sergios Hexamilites, vestes, judge of the Velum and of the Thrakesioi (eleventh century, second half)
Obverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
+κ̅εRο
ηθεισερ
..Rεστ,
κριτητ
Rηλ
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει Σερ[γί]ῳ βέστ(ῃ), κριτῇ τοῦ βήλου
Reverse
Inscription of four line preceded and followed by decoration. Border of dots.
– · –
καιτν
θρακησ.
ντεξ,
μιλιτη
[–·] –
καὶ τῶν Θρᾳκησ[ί]ων τῷ Ἑξ(α)μιλίτῃ
Obverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
+κ̅εRο
ηθεισερ
..Rεστ,
κριτητ
Rηλ
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει Σερ[γί]ῳ βέστ(ῃ), κριτῇ τοῦ βήλου
Reverse
Inscription of four line preceded and followed by decoration. Border of dots.
– · –
καιτν
θρακησ.
ντεξ,
μιλιτη
[–·] –
καὶ τῶν Θρᾳκησ[ί]ων τῷ Ἑξ(α)μιλίτῃ
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.3055 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 23.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 2.27; cf. Laurent, Corpus II, nos. 849, 850. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει Σεργίῳ βέστῃ, κριτῇ τοῦ βήλου καὶ τῶν Θρᾳκησίων τῷ Ἑξαμιλίτῃ.
Lord, help Sergios Hexamilites, vestes, judge of the Velum and 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)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
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Commentary
See now PBW: Sergios 105 (listing the seals and sources tracing his career).