Euphemianos imperial spatharios and droungarios of Aigaion Pelagos (eighth/ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII). In the quarters: ΤΩΣΩ|ΔΛΩ. 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
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII). In the quarters: ΤΩΣΩ|ΔΛΩ. 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.1955.1.829 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 27.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 40.7c. |
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 seal is edited jointly with the other specimens from the same boulloterion listed below. See the commentary to BZS 1955.1.827.