Early Byzantine sigillographic evidence from western Anatolia: sixth- and seventh-century lead seals from Bergama (ancient Pergamon)

LAFLI E., Seibt W., Caglayan D.

BYZANTINE AND MODERN GREEK STUDIES, cilt.45, sa.1, ss.5-24, 2021 (AHCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 45 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1017/byz.2020.27
  • Dergi Adı: BYZANTINE AND MODERN GREEK STUDIES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: 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
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.5-24
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: lead seals, Museum of Bergama, Pergamon, western Asia Minor, sigillography
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This article presents twelve lead seals from the Museum of Bergama (ancient Pergamon), dating from the late sixth to the early eighth century. We offer a descriptive catalogue of these early Byzantine seals preserved in a western Turkish museum. In the introduction, seals excavated in Pergamon as well as seals referring to Pergamon are briefly discussed. The owners of the twelve seals in the museum were primarily ecclesiastical or legal dignitaries who were probably active in Pergamon, in southwestern Mysia, in Aeolis or in Lydia.