....nos patrikios, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Hellas (ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (of indeterminate type); in the quarters: .Σ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (of indeterminate type); in the quarters: .Σ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Wreath border.
....
ΝΠΤΡΙΚ
./ΣΠΘΡ/
.ΣΤΡΤΕ
ΛΛΔ/
....νῳ πατρικίῳ, βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ (καὶ) στρατηγῷ Ἑλλάδος
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.4463 |
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Diameter | 30.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 8.60. |
Translation
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει ....νῳ πατρικίῳ, βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Ἑλλάδος.
Lord or Mother of God, help ....nos patrikios, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Hellas.
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)
- Le Peloponnese byzantin jusqu’en 1204 (Open in Zotero)
- Du stratège de thème au duc: chronologie de l’évolution au cours du XIe siècle (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Hellas und Thessalia (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- Die byzantinische Armee im 10. und 11. Jahrhundert: Studien zur Organisation der Tagmata (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Contrary to Zacos-Veglery, we think that the word βασιλικῷ needs to be restored on line 3 to balance the epigraphical layout. The name of the owner cannot be reconstructed. It had to be rather short (the first line should contain ca. 4 letters, as the last one) and end in νος: Ῥωμανός or Μαρίνος are more likely than Μαριανός or Στέφανος; Κωνσταντῖνος or Εὐφημιανός should be excluded.