Seal of Tatianos, hypatosshow 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. 27
    Weight (g)
    25,55
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Indented at the canal openings; blank a little trimmed; very fine engraving.

    Dating

    Date
    7th C. end/8th C. beginning
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Tatianos (PmbZ: PmbZ Tatianos 7240)
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Find place
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2728
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 27
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Saint Theodore standing, wearing a cuirass under the chlamys worn behind his shoulders, his left knee slightly bent, his right shoulder barely raised, following the movement of his right arm brandishing a longsword, thus striking down the head of the snake whose body he is treading on with his feet and blocking its tail with the point of his shield, which he is supporting with his left hand
    Decoration
    Border of stylised foliage
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 4 lines and circular legend
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 27
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Circle of stylised foliage; circular legend beginning at the top with a cross; linear legend preceded and followed by a cross
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1+ Ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ ἁγίου Θεοδώρου
    rev
    2+ βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ ἀμὴν
    rev
    3+ Τα-
    4τιαν-
    5ῷ ὑπά-
    6τῳ +

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1ΟΘΕΟΣΤΑΓ/..ΘΕΟΔΡΟΥ
    obv
    2ΒΟΗΘΕΙΤΣΔΟΥΛΑΜΗΝ
    obv
    3ΤΑ
    4ΤΙΑΝ
    5ΥΠΑ
    6Τ

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ ἁγίου Θεοδώρου / + βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ ἀμὴν + Τατιανῷ ὑπάτῳ +.

    God of saint Theodoros help your servant Tatianos, hypatos. Amen.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 225-226
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references