Niketas 142

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitIX
PmbZ No.5495
TitlesArchon (office);
Basilikos engistiarios (office)
Seal SourcesZacos, G. and Veglery, A., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. I (in 3 parts) (Basel, 1972).

Niketas 142 was a basilikos engistiarios and archon of the ..dikt..; owner of a seal dateable to the ninth century: Zacos and Veglery 2240. The name and titles read: Νικήτᾳ βασιλικῷ ἐγγιστιαρίῳ καὶ ἄρχοντι τῶν ..δικτ. . For the role of the engistarioi (service at the emperor's table), see Oikonomides, Listes, p. 306. The interpretation of his second title is obscure.

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