Masgad 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | VIII/IX |
PmbZ No. | 4867 |
Ethnicity | Arab |
Titles | Basilikos spatharios (dignity) |
Seal Sources | Konstantipoulos, K.M., Byzantiaka Molybdoboulla tou en Athenais Ethnikou Nomismatikou Mouseiou (Athens, 1917); repr. from JIAN 5-10 (1902-07) |
Masgad 1 was a basilikos spatharios; owner of a seal of uncertain date, possibly eighth or ninth century: Konstantopoulos, JIAN 9, 533e. The name and title read: Μασγὰδ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ ...; he was perhaps an Arab, to judge by his name.
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