Seal of Basil Erotikos, judge of Hellas and the Peloponnesosshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: - PBW ID:

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    ―
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 28
    Weight (g)
    17,33
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    ―
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Fairly wide blank; hole on reverse; indented.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C. third quarter
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Basil Erotikos(PBW: Basileios 20177)
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    ―
    Find place
    Asia Minor (West Anatolia)
    Find date
    ―
    Find circumstances
    ―
    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    ―
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2688
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear metrical legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 28
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Border of pearls; legend preceded by a cross; at the top of the field, a cross of pearls surrounded by dashes; the last line is flanked by dashes
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear metrical legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 28
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Border of pearls; legend preceded by a cross; at the top of the field, a cross of pearls surrounded by dashes; the last line is flanked by dashes
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv

    1+ Ἐρωτι-
    2κοῦ σφρά-
    3γισμα τ[οῦ]
    4Βασ(ι)λ[ε]ί-
    5ου
    rev

    6κρίσ(ε)ις
    7[ἔ]ποντος
    8Ἑλλάδος
    9καὶ Πελ(ό)-
    10πον

    Diplomatic

    obv
    
    1ΕΡΤΙ
    2ΚΟΥΣΦΡ.
    3ΓΙΣΑΤ.
    4ΑΣΛ.Ι
    5ΟΥ
    rev

    
    6ΡΙΣΙΣ
    7.ΠΟΝΤΟΣ
    8ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ
    9ΑΙΠΕΛ
    10ΠΟΝ/

    Legend and translation

    + Ἐρωτικοῦ σφράγισμα τοῦ Βασιλείου / κρίσεις ἔποντος Ἑλλάδος καὶ Πελόπον.

    The seal of Basil Erotikos who handles legal decisions in Hellas and the Peloponnesos.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 137-139
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references