Michael imperial protospatharios and strategos of Cappadocia (tenth century)
Obverse
Cross (obliterated) on steps standing on a ball. Circular inscription within a border of dots:
κε..ηθει.σδουλ
Κ(ύρι)ε [βο]ήθει [τ]ῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)
Obverse
Cross (obliterated) on steps standing on a ball. Circular inscription within a border of dots:
κε..ηθει.σδουλ
Κ(ύρι)ε [βο]ήθει [τ]ῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
+μιχ
ηλ.σπ
θSστρ
τιγ,κ.
πδο,
Μιχαὴλ [β(ασιλικῷ)] (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) στρατιγ(ῷ) Κα[π]παδο(κίας)
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.2924 |
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Diameter | 25.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 43.11. Zacos, Seals II, no. 234, has published another specimen from the same boulloterion. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Μιχαὴλ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατιγῷ Καππαδοκίας.
Lord, help your servant Michael, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Cappadocia.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- Catalogue of Seals in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum (Open in Zotero)
- De Administrando Imperio (Open in Zotero)
- Ermitažnye pečati Filareta Vrahamija (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Kappadokien (Kappadokia, Charsianon, Sebasteia und Lykandos) (Open in Zotero)
- Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The seal of an earlier Michael, protospatharios and strategos of Cappadocia, has been published in Birch, no. 17,521.