Paul judge of the Aegean fleet (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Panteleimon, beardless. Vertical inscription: Π|.|.Τ|Ε|Λ|ΕΙ|Μ: Ὁ ἅγιος Παντελεΐμων. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of St. Panteleimon, beardless. Vertical inscription: Π|.|.Τ|Ε|Λ|ΕΙ|Μ: Ὁ ἅγιος Παντελεΐμων. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines between two ornaments. Border of dots.
ΠΑΥΛ
ΣΦΡΑΓΙΣ
ΚΡΙΝΟΝΤ
ΑΙΓΑΙΟ.
.ΛΟΟ.
Πάυλου σφραγὶς κρίνοντος Αἰγαῖον πλόον
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.3148 |
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Diameter | 27.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 40.19b. |
Translation
Πάυλου σφραγὶς κρίνοντος Αἰγαῖον πλόον
The seal of Paul who acts as judge for the Aegaean fleet.
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
- Vita S. Theophanis Confessoris
- Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. 1
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung
- Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin
- Les bulles métriques dans la sigillographie byzantine
Commentary
See the commentary to the parallel specimen, BZS 1955.1.3698.