Seal of N., [imperial?] protospatharios and epi tou manglabiouhide 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. 20
Weight (g): 7,47
Channel orientation (clock): 12-6
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Condition: Indented at the lower orifice of the canal; heavily trimmed at the top, causing the first line of the legend to be lost.

Dating

Date: 11th C. second half
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Dating criteria: Epigraphy
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History

Category: Dignitaries
Issuer: Anonymous
Milieu: Civil
Gender: Male
Place of origin: ―
Find place: Magnesia ad Sipylum (Manisa)
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Modern location: Izmir (Turkey)
Institution and repository: ―
Collection and inventory: Yavuz Tatış collection 2649
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Obverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Iconographie avec légende circulaire
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 20
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Iconography: A plump guinea fowl in profile turned to the right, holding a branch in its beak
Decoration: Circle of dots
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Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Légende linéaire sur 4 lignes
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 20
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Iconography: ―
Decoration: Circle of dots
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Edition

obv

1[Κύριε βοή]θε[ι] τῷ σῷ δ[ούλῳ]

rev

2[+ Ἰω(άννῃ)] vel [Κων(σταντίνῳ)]
3[β(ασιλκῷ)(?)] (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ)
4[(καὶ)] ἐπὶ τ(οῦ) μαγ-
5[γλ]αβίου

obv

1.....ΘΕ.ΤΣΔ...

obv

2...
3.ΑΣΠΑΘ
4.ΕΠΙΤ/ΜΑΓ
5..ΑΙ

Legend and translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / + Ἰωάννῃ vel Κωνσταντίνῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ μαγγλαβίου.

Lord help your servant John or Konstantinos, protospatharios and epi tou manglabiou.

References

Edition(s): Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 211
Parallel(s): No parallels known
Further references: No further references