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Seal XLIV 26

Record Id:

040-002209408

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-002209383

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000140.0x000005

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100147473588.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Seal XLIV 26

Title:

Seal of an unknown Byzantine imperial white-garbed sword-bearer (spatharokandidatos) and ruler (archon) of Bagenetia (?)

Scope & Content:

Lead seal. On the obverse, remnants of circular inscription in double border of dots, in the field patriarchal cross on three steps flanked by tendrils. On the reverse, inscription of 5 lines; border of dots.

Obverse: Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse: [...]άνῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ ἄρχοντι Βαγενετίας (?)

Translation:

Obverse: Lord aid your servant.

Reverse: [Ν.] imperial white-garbed sword-bearer (spatharokandidatos) and ruler (archon) of Bagenetia (?)

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Detached Seals and Casts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002207963
036-002209383
040-002209408

Is part of:

Seal XXXV.196-CCIX.1 : Detached Seals
Seal XLIV.2-154 : LEADEN bullæ of Eastern emperors, prelates, public officers, etc., mostly with Greek legends and religious monograms. Among them…

Seal XLIV 26 : Seal of an unknown Byzantine imperial white-garbed sword-bearer (spatharokandidatos) and ruler (archon) of Bagenetia (?)

Hierarchy:

032-002207963[0168]/036-002209383[0025]/040-002209408

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Seal XXXV.196-CCIX.1

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 seal

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Greek, Ancient

Scripts:

Greek

Start Date:

0900

End Date:

0949

Date Range:

1st half of the 10th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Lead.

Dimensions: Diameter 20 mm.

Custodial History:

Origin: Bagenetia (?).

Provenance: [Ν.] imperial white-garbed sword-bearer (spatharokandidatos) and ruler (archon) of Bagenetia (?), 1st half of the 10th century. Acquired in 1873.

Publications:

Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1854-1875, 2 vols (London: British Museum Trustees, 1877), II, pp. 826-828.

Walter de Gray Birch, Catalogue of Seals in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum, 6 vols (London: British Museum Trustees, 1887-1900), V (1898), p. 21, no. 17545.

Metadata provided by the cooperation among Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR8167 – Orient & Méditerranée, équipe Monde Byzantin, and the Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies at the Institute of Classics of the University of Cologne. The publication of this item is currently in preparation by the abovementioned team.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Related Archive Descriptions:

Seal CXII 85
Seal CXII 86