Seal of Paul, protospatharios, epi tou Chrysotriklinou, judge of the Hippodrome and logothete of the stratiotikonshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-bXH706 - PBW ID: 2368

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 22
    Weight (g)
    6,65
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Blank heavily trimmed at the top; cracked along the channel line.

    Dating

    Date
    10th/11th C.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature, Parallel
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Central administration
    Issuer
    Paul (PBW: Paulos 20111; PmbZ: 26375)
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    ―
    Find place
    ―
    Find date
    ―
    Find circumstances
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    ―
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2786
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 5 lines, the first two of which are out of the field.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19,5
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Circle of pearls.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 5 lines, of which only the last three are preserved.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19,5
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Circle of pearls.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1+ Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει)
    2τῷ σῷ δού(λῳ) Π
    3αύλῳ (πρωτο)σ[π(αθαρίῳ)]
    4ἐπὶ τοῦ χρ[υ-]
    5σοτρικ(λίνου)
    rev
    6κριτῇ
    7τοῦ Ἱππο-
    8δρ(όμου)     (καὶ) στρατι
    9ωτικῷ λο-
    10γοθέτῃ

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1....
    2......
    3.ΥΛΑΣ.
    4Ε̣ΠΙΤΧΡ.
    5Σ̣ΟΤΡ̣ΙΚ/
    ̣
    rev
    6...
    7....
    8...ΣΤ̣...
    9.ΤΙΚΛΟ̣
    10Γ̣ΟΘΕΤ̣
    ̣

    Legend and translation

    + Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Παύλῳ, πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ, ἐπὶ τοῦ χρυσοτρικλίνου, / κριτῇ τοῦ Ἱπποδρόμου καὶ στρατιωτικῷ λογοθέτῃ.

    Lord help your servant Paul, protospatharios, epi tou Chrysotriklinou, judge of the Hippodrome and logothete of the stratiotikon.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 2.36.
    Parallel(s)
    Musée Numismatique d'Athènes: Schlumberger, 1884, p. 352-353 (avec dessin) = Konstantopoulos, coll. Athens, 1917, 208 = Laurent, Corpus, 2, 545;
    Dumbarton Oaks, ancienne collection Shaw 585: Laurent, Corpus, 2, 545;
    vente Gorny 152 (octobre 2006), lot 2701: mentionné dans Auctions 2002-2006, p. 166.
    Further references
    No further references