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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. 20
Weight (g): 7,74
Channel orientation (clock): 9-3
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Condition: Notched at the orifices of the horizontal channel

Dating

Date: 11th C. (first half)
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Dating criteria: Epigraphy
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History

Category: Provincial administration
Issuer: Niketas
Milieu: Military
Gender: Male
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Find place: Asia Minor (West Turkey)
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Modern location: Izmir (Turkey)
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Collection and inventory: Yavuz Tatış collection 2615
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Obverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Iconography with circular legend
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 16,5
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Iconography: Saint Theodore front, in bust, his face elongated by a pointed beard, armed with a spear with balls under the edge and an oval shield. Traces of the epigraph in a column, preserved on the right, crushed.
Decoration: Border of grenetis
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Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Linear legend of 5 lines
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 16,5
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Edition

obv

^a[(Ὁ ἅγιος) Θε] ^bόδω[ρ(ος)]

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1+ Νικήτ[α-]
2[ς σ]παθ(αρο)καν-
3[δ(ι)δ(ᾶτος)] (καὶ) τρουμά-
4[ρχης ...?...]
5[- - -c. 1- - -]

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1ΝΙΗΤ.
2..ΠΑΘΑΝ
3..ϗΤΡΜΑ
4.....
5..

Legend and translation

Ὁ ἅγιος Θεόδωρος / + Νικήτας σπαθαροκανδιδᾶτος καὶ τρουμάρχης ... .

Saint Theodore. Niketas, spatharokandidatos and tourmarches ... .

References

Edition(s): Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 172
Parallel(s): No parallels known
Further references: No further references