Nicholas Katechanas, protospatharios, thesmographos and primikerios ton synegoron (eleventh century)
Obverse
Inscription of five lines, a decoration above. Border of dots.
κ̣ε̣,θ,
ν̣ικολα,
ασπαθ,ρ,
θεσμο
γρα,
Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) Νικολά(ῳ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(α)ρ(ίῳ), θεσμογράφ(ῳ)
Obverse
Inscription of five lines, a decoration above. Border of dots.
κ̣ε̣,θ,
ν̣ικολα,
ασπαθ,ρ,
θεσμο
γρα,
Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) Νικολά(ῳ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(α)ρ(ίῳ), θεσμογράφ(ῳ)
Reverse
Inscription of six lines, a decoration above. Border of dots.
καιπρ,
μικηρ̣ι̣,
.,συνη̣
γ̣ο̣ρ,τ.
κατη
χα
καὶ πρ(ι)μικηρί(ῳ) [τ]ῶ(ν) συνηγόρω(ν) τ[ῷ] Κατηχα(νᾷ)
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.5414 |
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Diameter | 22.0 mm; field: 19.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Laurent, Corpus 2, no. 1156 (with a different reading of the family name; see now W. Seibt, "Katechanas – ein lange verkannter mittelbyzantinischer Bei- bzw. Familienname," BZ 110/3 (2017), 749-754. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει Νικολάῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ, θεσμογράφῳ καὶ πριμικηρίῳ τῶν συνηγόρων τῷ Κατηχανᾷ.
Lord, help Nicholas Katechanas protospatharios, thesmographos and primikerios of the lawyers.
Bibliography
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
See the related seal of this judicial official: BZS 1947.2.1048.