Seal of John, apo hypaton, servant of the Virginshow 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. 24
    Weight (g)
    10,90
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Notched at the channel openings; trimmed at the top to the point of losing the first line of the legend; worn, especially on the reverse.

    Dating

    Date
    7th C.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    John (PLRE: PLRE Ioannes 268; PmbZ: PMBZ Ioannes 2813)
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2341
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 24
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Circle of folliage; legend preceded by a cross
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 24
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Circle of folliage
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1+ Ἰ[ω-]
    2άννου
    3ἀπὸ ὑπά-
    4των
    rev
    5[δού-]
    6λου τῆς
    7Θεοτό-
    8κου

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1Ι.
    2ΑΟ
    3Ο
    4ΤΝ
    rev
    5...
    6ΛΟΤΗΣ
    7ΘΕΟΤΟ
    8ΚΟ

    Legend and translation

    + Ἰωάννου ἀπὸ ὑπάτων / δούλου τῆς Θεοτόκου.

    (Seal of) John, apo hypaton, servant of the Virgin.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 202
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references