Middle and Late Byzantine sigillographic evidence from western Anatolia: eighth- to early twelfth-century lead seals from Bergama (ancient Pergamon)

LAFLI E., Seibt W., Caglayan D.

BYZANTINE AND MODERN GREEK STUDIES, vol.46, no.1, pp.41-63, 2022 (AHCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 46 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.1017/byz.2021.29
  • Journal Name: BYZANTINE AND MODERN GREEK STUDIES
  • Journal Indexes: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus, Periodicals Index Online, Historical Abstracts, Index Islamicus, International Bibliography of Art, Linguistic Bibliography, Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts, MLA - Modern Language Association Database
  • Page Numbers: pp.41-63
  • Keywords: lead seals, magical amulet, Museum of Bergama, Pergamon, western Asia Minor, sigillography
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This article presents 19 lead seals from the Museum of Bergama (ancient Pergamon), dating from the early eighth to the early twelfth century. We offer a descriptive catalogue of these Middle and Late Byzantine seals preserved in a western Turkish museum. The owners of these seals were primarily ecclesiastical, legal or military dignitaries who were probably active in Pergamon, in southwestern Mysia, Aeolis or Lydia. The catalogue is followed by an appendix on a Byzantine magical amulet.