Seal of Nikephoros, spatharokoubikoularios and hebdomarioshide empty fields show empty fields
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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. 19
Weight (g): 5,78
Channel orientation (clock): 12-6
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Condition: Clearly indented at the lower orifice of the channel; a crushed letter to the right and some wear to the reverse

Dating

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

Category: Central administration
Issuer: Nikephoros
Milieu: Civil
Gender: Eunuch
Place of origin: ―
Find place: Asia Minor (West Turkey)
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Modern location: Izmir (Turkey)
Institution and repository: ―
Collection and inventory: Yavuz Tatış collection 3057
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Obverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Linear legend of 5 lines
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 17
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Iconography: Five-line legend, preceded by a cross; the last line is flanked by dashes
Decoration: Border of grenetis
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Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Linear legend of 5 lines
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 17
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Edition

obv

1+ Κ(ύρι)ε βο-
2ήθει τῷ
3σῷ δούλ(ῳ)
4Νηκηφ(ό)-
5ρ(ῳ)

rev

6σπαθα-
7ροκουβ(ι)-
8κουλαρί(ῳ)
9(καὶ) ἑβδομ(α)-
10ρ(ίῳ)

obv

̅Ε̅Ο
1ΗΘΕΙΤ
2.ΔΟΥΛ/
3ΝΗΗΦ
4Ρ

rev

5
6ΣΠΑΘΑ
7ΡΟΟΥΒ/
8ΛΑΡΙ
9ϗΕΔΟΜ
10Ρ/

Legend and translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νηκηφόρῳ / σπαθαροκουβικουλαρίῳ καὶ ἑβδομαρίῳ.

Lord help your servant Nikephoros, spatharokoubikoularios and hebdomarios.

References

Edition(s): Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 180
Parallel(s): No parallels known
Further references: No further references