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John magistros, vestarches, judge of the velum and of Aigaion (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

Κ̅Ε̅Θ
ΤΣΔ
Ι̅̅ΜΑΓΙΣ
ΤΡΕΣ
ΤΑΡΧ /

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ μαγίστρῳ, βεστάρχ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines between two ornaments. Border of dots.


ΚΡΙΤΗ
ΤΗΛ
ΚΑΙΤΑΙ
ΓΑΙ


κριτῇ τοῦ βήλου καὶ τοῦ Αἰγαίου

Obverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

Κ̅Ε̅Θ
ΤΣΔ
Ι̅̅ΜΑΓΙΣ
ΤΡΕΣ
ΤΑΡΧ /

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ μαγίστρῳ, βεστάρχ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines between two ornaments. Border of dots.


ΚΡΙΤΗ
ΤΗΛ
ΚΑΙΤΑΙ
ΓΑΙ


κριτῇ τοῦ βήλου καὶ τοῦ Αἰγαίου

Accession number BZS.1958.106.4878
Diameter 20.0 mm; field: 17.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 2, no. 40.14.
Cf. Another specimen, probably from the same boulloterion, is published by Zacos, Seals II, no. 985.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ μαγίστρῳ, βεστάρχῃ, κριτῇ τοῦ βήλου καὶ τοῦ Αἰγαίου.

Lord, help your servant John magistros, vestarches, judge of the Velum and of Aigaion.

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. 2 (Open in Zotero)
  • Methodii Patriarchae Constantinopolitani Vita S. Theophanis Confessoris: e codice mosquensi no. 159 (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
  • Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)