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Gennadios chartoularios (seventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription in four lines. Wreath border.

..ννα
.ιουδ
.ουτο
υθυ

Γενναδίου δούλου τοῦ Θεοῦ

Reverse

Two horses facing each other, one standing, the other apparently grazing. Above, a cruciform monogram between two crosses. Wreath border.

ιλρτχ

χαρτουλαρίου

Obverse

Inscription in four lines. Wreath border.

..ννα
.ιουδ
.ουτο
υθυ

Γενναδίου δούλου τοῦ Θεοῦ

Reverse

Two horses facing each other, one standing, the other apparently grazing. Above, a cruciform monogram between two crosses. Wreath border.

ιλρτχ

χαρτουλαρίου

Accession number BZS.1958.106.5479
Diameter 28.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Γενναδίου δούλου τοῦ Θεοῦ χαρτουλαρίου.

(Seal of) Gennadios, servant of God, chartoularios.

Commentary

This seal is from a different boulloterion than BZS.1951.31.5.3289 and 1955.1.4486.