Euphemianos imperial spatharios and droungarios of Aigaion Pelagos (eighth/ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII). In the quarters: ΤΩΣΩ|Δ ΛΩ. Wreath border.
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII). In the quarters: ΤΩΣΩ|Δ ΛΩ. Wreath border.
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Wreath border.
ΕΥΙΜΙ
ΑΝΟΒˊΣΠΑ
ΘΔΡΟΥΓ
ΓΤΟΥΕΓΙ
ΠΕΛ /
Εὐφιμιανο βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ δρουγγαρίῳ τοῦ Ἐγίου Πελάγους
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.827 |
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Diameter | 30.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 40.7a. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Εὐφιμιανο βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ δρουγγαρίῳ τοῦ Ἐγίου Πελάγους.
Lord, help your servant Euphemianos, imperial spatharios and droungarios of Aigaion Pelagos.
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)
- Methodii Patriarchae Constantinopolitani Vita S. Theophanis Confessoris: e codice mosquensi no. 159 (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)
Parallel Seals
- Euphemianos imperial spatharios and droungarios of Aigaion Pelagos (eighth/ninth century)
- Euphemianos imperial spatharios and droungarios of Aigaion Pelagos (eighth/ninth century)
- Euphemianos imperial spatharios and droungarios of Aigaion Pelagos (eighth/ninth century)
- Euphemianos imperial spatharios and droungarios of Aigaion Pelagos (eighth/ninth century)
Commentary
This specimen is edited jointly with the parallels from the same boulloterion,listed below.
The reading "Egiou" on these seals, although not normal, is not unique. Cf. DO Seals 2, no. 40.11 (BZS 1958.106.2474). For the person of Euphemianos, cf. DO Seals 2, no 8.44 (the entries linked to BZS 1955.1.836).