John Promoundenos, protospathario, mystographos, grand chartoularios of the genikon logothesion, judge of the Hippodrome and of the Anatolikoi (eleventh century)
Obverse
Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.
+ΚΕ̅Θ,
.̅ΑΠΑ
ΘΑΡΙ,ΜΥΣ
ΤΟΓΡΑΦ,
ΜΕΓΑΛ
ΧΑΡΤ̅̅⸣
Κύριε βοήθει Ἰωάννῃ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ μυστογράφῳ καὶ μεγάλῳ χαρτουλαρίῳ
Reverse
Inscription of seven lines. Border of dots.
.ΓΕΝΙ
.ΛΟΓΟΘΕΣ,
..ΙΤ,ΕΠ,Τ,Ι,
..ΟΜ,ΤΝΑ
..ΟΛΗΚ,Τ.
ΠΡΟΜΟΥΝ
ΔΗΝ
τοῦ γενικοῦ λογοθεσίου, κριτῇ ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἰπποδρόμου καὶ τῶν Ἀνατοληκῶν τῷ Προμουνδηνῷ
Obverse
Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.
+ΚΕ̅Θ,
.̅ΑΠΑ
ΘΑΡΙ,ΜΥΣ
ΤΟΓΡΑΦ,
ΜΕΓΑΛ
ΧΑΡΤ̅̅⸣
Κύριε βοήθει Ἰωάννῃ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ μυστογράφῳ καὶ μεγάλῳ χαρτουλαρίῳ
Reverse
Inscription of seven lines. Border of dots.
.ΓΕΝΙ
.ΛΟΓΟΘΕΣ,
..ΙΤ,ΕΠ,Τ,Ι,
..ΟΜ,ΤΝΑ
..ΟΛΗΚ,Τ.
ΠΡΟΜΟΥΝ
ΔΗΝ
τοῦ γενικοῦ λογοθεσίου, κριτῇ ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἰπποδρόμου καὶ τῶν Ἀνατοληκῶν τῷ Προμουνδηνῷ
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.3273 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 27.0 mm; field: 22.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 86.27. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει Ἰωάννῃ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ μυστογράφῳ καὶ μεγάλῳ χαρτουλαρίῳ τοῦ γενικοῦ λογοθεσίου, κριτῇ ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἰπποδρόμου καὶ τῶν Ἀνατοληκῶν τῷ Προμουνδηνῷ.
Lord, help John Promoundenos, protospatharios, mystographos, grand chartoularios of the genikon logothesion, judge of the Hippodrome and of the Anatolikoi.
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)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
- Sceaux byzantins du Musée National de Varsovie (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Probably identical to John Promoundenos protospatharios, imperial notarios, judge and mystographos: Sig., 547, no. 5; cf. A.P. Každan, Social'nyj sostav gosprodstvujuščego klassa Vizantii XI-XII vv. (Moscow, 1974), 136, note 72.