Byzantine Royal Seal Unearthed in Bulgaria - Archaeology Magazine
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Byzantine Royal Seal Unearthed in Bulgaria - Archaeology Magazine
Lead seal of Irene Komnene SOFIA, BULGARIA—A Byzantine-era seal belonging to the empress Irene Komnene has been unearthed in Perperikon, the site of an ancient city in southern Bulgaria’s Rhodope Mountains, according to a Greek Reporter article. Archaeologist Nikolay Ovcharov said that Irene Komnene was married to John III Doukas Vatatzes, the emperor of Nicaea, which is located in northwestern Anatolia. In the early thirteenth century, John III…
The excavations of the rock town of Perperikon, in the eastern Rhodopes, have just delivered an unexpected piece. Archaeologist Nikolay Ovcharov, who runs the site, presented on 22 August a small disc of lead. The sigillography specialist Dimitar Stoimenov deciphered a name there: Irene Comnène Doukaina Lascarina. This empress of Nicaea was granddaughter, daughter, wife and mother of emperors. The object was used to seal her personal corresponde…
Archaeologists have discovered a special lead seal of Irina Komnini in the ancient skeletal city of Perpericon in the pivdny of Bulgaria, as they may know about listing on the high level of the Bulgarian Empire Empire and Nicosia Empire in the 13th century. After an hour of digging, Professor Nikola Ovcharov, voiced by the expert expert. Printed by Dimitar Stoymenov, an identifiable specialist from sigilography, reports Arkeo News. The seal was …
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