Seal of Narses, episkeptites of the imperial herdsshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-SkoCyJ

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 28
    Weight (g)
    21,51
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Slight indentation at the channel openings; nice impression.

    Dating

    Date
    7th C.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Central administration
    Issuer
    Narses
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Find place
    Praetoria (Burdur (western Anatolian plateau))
    Find date
    Find circumstances
    Modern location
    İzmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2598
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Block monogram
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Circle of stylised foliage; a cross at the top of the field
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Block monogram
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Circle of stylised foliage; a cross at the top of the field
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Ναρσοῦ ἐπισκεπτίτου)
    rev
    2(τῶν βασιλικῶν ἀγελῶν)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1Π–Ν–Ι––Ρ–Σ–Τ––Κ–Ε
    rev
    2Ν–Ι–Λ–Γ–Β–Τ–Σ–Κ–Ε––

    Legend and translation

    Ναρσοῦ ἐπισκεπτίτου / τῶν βασιλικῶν ἀγελῶν.

    (Seal of) Narses, episkeptites of the imperial herds.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 2.26.
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references