Tarasios 4

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitE/M VIII
LocationsKibyrrhaiotai;
Kibyrrhaiotai (officeplace)
TitlesHypatos (dignity);
Archon, Kibyrrhaiotai (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).

Tarasios 4 was a hypatos and archon of the Kibyrrhaiotai; owner of two seals, from the same boulloterion, dateable to the first half of the eighth century: DOSeals II 59.1 a = Zacos and Veglery 2408, DOSeals II 59.1 b. Obv.: cruciform monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει, with the name Τα - ρα - σι - ω in the corners. Rev.: +υπα - τω και αρχ - οντι τω - ν Κυβερι - οτων+. The name and titles read: Ταρασίῳ ὑπάτῳ καὶ ἄρχοντι τῶν Κυβεριότων. On the post, cf. Winkelmann, Rangstruktur, pp. 96-97.

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