New Byzantine Seals from Mediaeval Sugdaia
The work introduces into scientific circulation five Byzantine seals originating from the excavations of recent years in Sudak of the South-Eastern Crimean expedition of the state Hermitage. 1. Private seal of Epiphany Kamateros (late eleventh century) is known to us Imperial functionary, known from...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Ural Federal University
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Античная древность и средние века |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.urfu.ru/index.php/adsv/article/view/4265 |
| Summary: | The work introduces into scientific circulation five Byzantine seals originating from the excavations of recent years in Sudak of the South-Eastern Crimean expedition of the state Hermitage. 1. Private seal of Epiphany Kamateros (late eleventh century) is known to us Imperial functionary, known from other monuments sphragistics. It seems that the discovery of the seal of Epiphany is another evidence that the representatives of the noble Byzantine families sent their correspondence to their possessions in the Crimea. 2. Seal of the Leon, the imperial spatharocandidatos and stratigos of Cherson (mid ninth century) pointed out the close relationship Sugdaia and Chersonesos at this time. 3. Seal unknown by name, the imperial protospatharios and logothetes of genicon (ninth–tenth century) is another indication that Sugdaia levied Imperial taxes. 4-5. Two seals poor state of preservation. According to the invocative monograms can be dated eighth–ninth centuries. |
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| ISSN: | 0320-4472 2687-0398 |