Seal of Symeon Doukas Ampelas, magistrosshow 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. 32
    Weight (g)
    15
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Overstruck; slightly indented at the orifices of the channel which cracks the entire blank; heavily worn on the right.

    Dating

    Date
    10th/11th C.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Symeon Doukas Ampelas
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2088
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend and legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 32
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Archangel Michael standing, wings outstretched, wearing the lôros, the pan of which falls on his left arm, holding in his right hand a long sceptre with a ball on the ground (or a labarum?) and in his left hand a cruciger globe
    Decoration
    Circle of pearls
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 32
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Circle of pearls; legend surmounted by a cross between dashes; the last line is also surrounded by dashes
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    aΜιχα[ήλ]
    rev
    1Συμε-
    2[ὼ]ν μάγισ-
    3[τ]ρ(ος) Δούκας
    4ὁ Ἀμπελ-
    5ᾶς

    Diplomatic

    obv
    aΜ|Ι|Χ|Α
    obv
    
    1ΣΥΜΕ
    2.ΝΜΑΓΙΣ
    3.ΡΔΚΑΣ
    4ΟΑΜΠΕΛ
    5ΑΣ

    Legend and translation

    Μιχαὴλ / + Συμεὼν μάγιστρος Δούκας ὁ Ἀμπελᾶς.

    Michael. Symeon Doukas Ampelas, magister.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 232-233
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references