Sabas 9 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | VIII |
Variant Names | Sabbas |
Locations | Cherson (Tauric Chersonese) (officeplace); Cherson (Tauric Chersonese) |
Titles | #ypatos (dignity); Archon, Cherson (Tauric Chersonese) (office) |
Seal Sources | Dumbarton 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-); Sokolova, I. V., "Pechati arhontov Khersona", ZRVI 18 (1978), pp.81-97; Sokolova, I. V., Monety i pechati vizantiiskogo Khersona (Leningrad, 1983); Zacos, G. and Veglery, A., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. I (in 3 parts) (Basel, 1972). |
Sabas 9 was hypatos and archon of Cherson; owner of a seal dateable to the eighth century (possibly the second half, according to Zacos and Veglery): DOSeals I 82.3 = Zacos and Veglery 2345 (and cf. Sokolova, "Pechati arhontov Hersona", p. 82, no. 1 and Sokolova, Monety, no. 1). Obv.: Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ δ[ού]λῳ σου. Rev.: Σάββᾳ ὑπάτῳ (καὶ) ἄρχοντι Χερσῶνος.
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