Arsaber 3

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitIX
PmbZ No.605
EthnicityArmenian
LocationsMitylene (Lesbos);
Mitylene (Lesbos) (officeplace)
TitlesDioiketes, Mitylene (Lesbos) (office)
Seal SourcesDumbarton Oaks, A Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, eds., J. Nesbitt and N. Oikonomides (Washington, DC, 1991-);
Zacos, G. and Veglery, A., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. I (in 3 parts) (Basel, 1972).

Arsaber 3 was a dioiketes of Mitylene; owner of a seal dateable to the ninth century: DOSeals II 51.1 = Zacos and Veglery 1731a. Obv.: cruciform monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει with τω - σω - δου - λω in the corners. Rev.: +Αρς. - βηρ διο. - κιτη Μητ - ιλινης. The name and title read: Ἀρσαβὴρ διοικητῇ Μιτυλήνης. His name indicates an Armenian origin. For the seal Zacos and Veglery 1731b, see Arsaber 21.

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