Ali 4 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | VIII/IX |
| PmbZ No. | 177 |
| Titles | Ostiarios (office) |
| Seal Sources | Konstantipoulos, K.M., Byzantiaka Molybdoboulla tou en Athenais Ethnikou Nomismatikou Mouseiou (Athens, 1917); repr. from JIAN 5-10 (1902-07) |
Ali 4 was ostiarios; owner of a seal dateable to the eighth or ninth century: Konstantopoulos, JIAN 6, 448. Obv.: +κεβο - ηθειτ. - .ωδουλ, i.e. Κ(ύρι) ε βοήθει τ[ῷ σ]ῷ δούλ(ῳ). Rev.: +Αλη - .στηα - .ηω, i.e. Ἀλὴ [ο]στηα[ρ]ήῳ. Presumably the owner's name was the Arabic Ali, indeclinable in Greek.
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