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                          <lb n="1"/><supplied reason="lost">+</supplied> <supplied reason="lost"><expan><abbr>Κ</abbr><ex>ύρι</ex><abbr>ε</abbr></expan></supplied> <supplied reason="lost">βο</supplied>ήθει τῷ σῷ <expan><abbr>δο</abbr><supplied reason="lost"><abbr>ύλ</abbr><ex>ῳ</ex></supplied></expan>
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                          <lb n="2"/>+ Ἐλεσ
                          <lb n="3" break="no"/>βωαμ <expan><abbr>β</abbr><ex>ασιλικῷ</ex></expan> <expan><abbr><am><g ref="#alpha"/></am></abbr><ex>πρωτο</ex>
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                           <lb n="1"/>....Ο̣ΗΘ̣ΕΙΤΣΔΟ̣..
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                           <lb n="1"/>ΕΛΕΣ
                           <lb n="2"/>̣ΑΜΑ
                           <lb n="3"/>ΣΠΑΘSΕΠΙ
                           <lb n="4"/>..ΧΡΥΣΟΤ̣
                           <lb n="5"/>Ρ̣ΙΛΙΝ
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                  <p>+ Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / + Ἐλεσβωάμ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ Χρυσοτρικλίνου.</p>
                  <p xml:lang="en">Lord help your servant Elesboam, imperial protospatharios and epi tou Chrysotriklinou.</p>
                  <p xml:lang="fr">Seigneur aide ton serviteur Elesbôam, protospathaire impérial et épi tou Chrysotriklinou.</p>
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                  <p xml:lang="fr">Cette bulle offre la plus ancienne attestation de ce nom, qui rappelle celui d’un
                      roi éthiopien, Elesboas, venu secourir les chrétiens d’Arabie persécutés par les juifs du royaume d’Himyar, vers
                      530. Notre sigillant est peut-être l’ancêtre de Jean Elesbaam, qui fut juge des Drogouvites, et juge de Thrace et de
                      Macédoine [1].</p>
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                      [1]. <hi rend="italic">DOSeals</hi> 1.43.8.
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