John magistros, vestarches, judge of the velum and of Aigaion (eleventh century)
Obverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
Κ̅Ε̅Θ
ΤΣΔ
Ι̅̅ΜΑΓΙΣ
ΤΡΕΣ
ΤΑΡΧ /
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ μαγίστρῳ, βεστάρχῃ
Obverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
Κ̅Ε̅Θ
ΤΣΔ
Ι̅̅ΜΑΓΙΣ
ΤΡΕΣ
ΤΑΡΧ /
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ μαγίστρῳ, βεστάρχῃ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines between two ornaments. Border of dots.
ΚΡΙΤΗ
ΤΗΛ
ΚΑΙΤΑΙ
ΓΑΙ
κριτῇ τοῦ βήλου καὶ τοῦ Αἰγαίου
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.4878 |
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Diameter | 20.0 mm; field: 17.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 40.14. |
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)