John protospatharios, augoustalios and chartoularios of the archives of the Armeniakoi (eleventh century)
Obverse
Inscription of five lines, preceded by an ornament. Border of dots.
– –
+θκεR.
ηθειι̅̅.
σπθρ,
υγστ
-λι-
Θ(εοτό)κε β[ο]ήθει Ἰω(άννῃ) [(πρωτο)]σπαθαρ(ί)ῳ, αὐγουσταλίῳ
Reverse
Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.
...
.τλ
ιτησ
ρκλσ
τνρμ,
νικ,
[(καὶ) χαρ]τουλα[ρ]ίῳ τῆς ἄρκλας τῶν Ἀρμ(ε)νιακ(ῶν)
Obverse
Inscription of five lines, preceded by an ornament. Border of dots.
– –
+θκεR.
ηθειι̅̅.
σπθρ,
υγστ
-λι-
Θ(εοτό)κε β[ο]ήθει Ἰω(άννῃ) [(πρωτο)]σπαθαρ(ί)ῳ, αὐγουσταλίῳ
Reverse
Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.
...
.τλ
ιτησ
ρκλσ
τνρμ,
νικ,
[(καὶ) χαρ]τουλα[ρ]ίῳ τῆς ἄρκλας τῶν Ἀρμ(ε)νιακ(ῶν)
| Accession number | BZS.1958.106.2353 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 23.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 22.7. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Ἰωάννῃ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ, αὐγουσταλίῳ καὶ χαρτουλαρίῳ τῆς ἄρκλας τῶν Ἀρμενιακῶν.
Mother of God, help John, protospatharios, augoustalios, and chartoularios of the archives of the Armeniakoi.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, volume 4: The East
- The Armeniac Theme and the Fate of Its Leaders
- Les sceaux byzantins de la Collection Henri Seyrig
- Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. 2
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles
- De Thematibus
- Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
- Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των Βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας
- Istoriceskoe znacenie italo-greceskoj ikonopisi: Izobra zenija Bogomatera v prozvedenijah italo-greceskih ikonopiscev i ih vlijanie na kompozicii nekotoryh proslavlennyh russkih ikon
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea
Commentary
This specimen is among the rare attestation of the augoustalios, whose exact role remains unclear (cf. Listes, 309; see also the seal of Paul, protospatharios, judge of the Hippodrome, and augoustalios, in Zacos, Seals II, no. 1033). On the chartoularios of the archives (τῆς ἄρκλας), see BZS.1951.31.5.1892.