Seal of Pothos, vestarches, hypatos and chartoularios of the dromos of the Anatolicsshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
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    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    ―
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 20
    Weight (g)
    9,79
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    ―
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Slightly indented at the channel orifices; one part of the blank is broken and another trimmed.

    Dating

    Date
    1060-1080
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Pothos
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    ―
    Find place
    ―
    Find date
    ―
    Find circumstances
    ―
    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    ―
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2901
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 20
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Bust of Saint George wearing a chlamydia adorned with pearls, holding in his right hand a spear with a beaded edge and in the other a shield edged with pearls, with a central radiating motif
    Decoration
    Circle of dots
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 6 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 20
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Circle of dots
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    a[(Ὁ ἅγιος) Γε] bώ[ρ]γ[ιος]
    rev
    1[Κ(ύρι)ε(?) β(οή)-]
    2[θ]ει Πόθ[ῳ]
    3[β]εστάρχ(ῃ)
    4[ὑ]πάτ(ῳ) (καὶ) χ(αρ)τ(ουλαρίῳ)
    5τοῦ δρ(ό)μου
    6τῶν Ἀνα-
    7τολικ(ῶν)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    a... b.|Γ
    rev
    1.....
    2.ΕΙΠΟΘ.
    3.ΕΣΤΑΡΧ/
    4.ΠΑΤϗΧ̅Τ̅
    5ΤΟΥΔΡΜ
    6ΤΝΑΝΑ
    7ΤΟΛΙΚ/
    

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος. / Κύριε βοήθει Πόθῳ βεστάρχῃ ὑπάτῳ καὶ χαρτουλαρίῳ τοῦ δρόμου τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν.

    St George. Lord help Pothos, vestarches, hypatos and chartoularios of the dromos of the Anatolics.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 106-107
    Parallel(s)
    ,
    Further references
    No further references