Seal of Niketas, sebastophoros and droungarios of the ploimonshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-cQtB1n - PBW ID:

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 18
    Weight (g)
    5,32
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Slightly indented at the channel openings; slightly crushed on the reverse.

    Dating

    Date
    10th C., last third (certainly between 967 and 969)
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Prosopography, Historical context
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Central administration
    Issuer
    Niketas (PmbZ: 25773; PmbZ: 25784)
    Milieu: Military
    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 2846
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 5 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Border of dots; a crosslet precedes the legend.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 5 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Border of dots; legend surmounted and followed by a pearl flanked by dashes.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1+Κ(ύρι)ε
    2[β]οήθε[ι]
    3[τ]ῷ σῷ δού-
    4[λ]ῳ Νική-
    5τᾳ
    rev
    6[σ]εβασ-
    7τοφόρ(ῳ)
    8[(καὶ)] δρουγγα-
    9[ρ]ίῳ τῶν
    10πλωΐμ(ων)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1̅Ε
    2.ΟΘΕ.
    3.ΣΔ
    4.ΝΙΚ
    5ΤΑ
    rev
    
    6.ΕΑΣ
    7ΤΟΦΟΡ/
    8.ΔΡΓΓΑ
    9.ΙΤΝ
    10ΠΛΙΜ/
    

    Legend and translation

    + Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικήτᾳ / σεβαστοφόρῳ καὶ δρουγγαρίῳ τῶν πλωΐμων.

    Lord help your servant Niketas, sebatophoros and droungarios of the ploimon.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 2.60.
    Parallel(s)
    Collection Fogg, 365 = Dumbarton Oaks, BZS.1951.31.5.365: Laurent, Corpus, 2, 961 = DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1951.31.5.365;
    Collection Shaw (Dumarton Oaks), 857 = Collection Dumbarton Oaks, BZS.1947.2.857: Laurent, Corpus, 2, 961 = DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1947.2.857
    Further references
    Les pièces parallèles de Dumbarton Oaks sont mentionnées dans PmbZ Online, 25773.