Peter imperial protospatharios and doux of Calabria (ninth/tenth century)
Obverse
Cross potent on three steps. Circular inscription along the interior of the border of dots.
κεοηθητ..δουλ,
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθη τ[ῷ σ]ῷ δούλ(ῳ)
Obverse
Cross potent on three steps. Circular inscription along the interior of the border of dots.
κεοηθητ..δουλ,
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθη τ[ῷ σ]ῷ δούλ(ῳ)
Reverse
Inscription in four lines. Presumably above and visible below, cross between pellets. Border of dots.
.ετρ
σπS
κουκλ
ΙΣ
[Π]έτρῳ β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) δοὺξ Καλαβρίας
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.3191 |
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Diameter | 24.0 mm; field: 19.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 4.6. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Πέτρῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ δοὺξ Καλαβρίας.
Lord, help your servant Peter imperial protospatharios and doux of Calabria.
Bibliography
- 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 (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
A seal from the same boulloterion is published by Zacos, Seals II, no. 271.
The owner of this seal lived at least a century after the Peter of similar titles/offices in BZS.1951.31.5.1058.