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Artifact

Type: Seal
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Physical description

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
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Dimensions (mm): Diam. 22
Weight (g): 8,74
Channel orientation (clock): 12-6
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Condition: Deeply indented at the canal orifices and partially crushed on both sides, especially at the right.

Dating

Date: 11th C. middle
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Dating criteria: Epigraphy
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History

Category: Central administration
Issuer: Theodore Tzi...
Milieu: Military
Gender: Male
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Modern location: Izmir (Turkey)
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Collection and inventory: Yavuz Tatış collection 2775
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Obverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Iconography with legend in columns
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 22
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Iconography: Bust of the Virgin, slightly turned towards the Child on her right arm, turned towards his Mother, whose neck he is touching with his left hand
Decoration: Circle of dots
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Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Linear legend of 5 lines
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 22
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Decoration: Circle of dots; legend starting with a cross
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Edition

obv

^aΜή(τη)ρ ^bθ(εο)ῦ

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1+ Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει)
2Θεωδώρ(ῳ)
3(πρωτο)σπαθ(α)ρ(ίῳ) (καὶ)
4βεστιαρ(ίτῃ)
5τ(ῷ) ΤΖΙΤΖΙΝ

obv

^a̅ ^bΘ̅Υ̅

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1ΘΚΕΘ
2ΘΕΔΡ
3ΑΣΠΑΘΡϗ
4ΕΣΤΙΑΡ
5ΤΙΙΝ

Legend and translation

Μήτηρ Θεοῦ / + Θεοτόκε βοήθει Θεωδώρῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ βεστιαρίτῃ τῷ Τζιντζι...

Mother of God. Mother of God help Theodore Tzi... protospatharios and vestiarites.

References

Edition(s): Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 103
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