13.3 Demarcation of the boundary between Ierissos and Mount Athos
2 August 943
Protaton, Archives
Parchment, 67 x 32 cm
In execution of an imperial decree [issued by Romanos I Lacapenos] Katakalon (Strategos of Thessaloniki), Zoetos (judge of Thessaloniki) and Gregorios (Metropolitan of Thessaloniki), accompanied by one bishop, seven officials from the theme of Thessaloniki and five priests from the cathedral and neighbouring monasteries went in a body to mark out, from the Bay of Amouliani to the northern waters, the boundary dividing the lands belonging to the people of Ierissos from those belonging to the monks of Mount Athos, in accordance with an earlier survey done by Thomas, the official epoptes.
The document is ratified solely by the lead seals of the three principal representatives of the authorities in Thessaloniki.