Seal of Theodore Ophrydas, spatharokandidatos and judge of Seleukeiashow 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. 23
    Weight (g)
    6,75
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Notched at the upper orifice of the canal; worn on both sides.

    Dating

    Date
    10th-11th C.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Theodore Ophrydas
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2941
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 22
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Bust of a bearded saint facing front, wearing a chlamydia held at the shoulder by a fibula and holding the martyrs' cross in his right hand. In the field, on either side of the nimbus of pearls nimbus of pearls, epigraph lost, but the parallel piece attests that it refers to Saint Theodoros.
    Decoration
    Circle of grenetis
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 6 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 22
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    a[...?...] b[...?...]
    obv
    1+ Κ(ύρι)ε β[οήθει] τῷ σ[ῷ δούλῳ]
    rev
    1[Θεο-]
    2[δώ]ρ(ῳ) σπαθ(αρο)-
    3κ(αν)δ(ι)δ(άτῳ) (καὶ) κρ[ιτ(ῇ)]
    4[Σε]λευκείας
    5[τῷ] Ὀφρυ-
    6δ[ᾷ]

    Diplomatic

    obv rev
    1...
    2..Ρ/ΣΠΑΘ
    3Κ//ϗΚΡ..
    4..ΛΕΥΚΕΙΑΣ
    5..ΟΦΡΥ
    6Δ

    Legend and translation

    / Θεοδώρῳ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ κριτῇ Σελευκείας τῷ Ὀφρυδᾷ.

    Theodoros Ophrydas, spatharokandidatos and judge of Seleukeia.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 154-155
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references