Seal of Elesboam, imperial protospatharios and epi tou Chrysotriklinoushow 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. 29
    Weight (g)
    13,78
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Slight indentations; partially crushed on both sides.

    Dating

    Date
    10th C. second half
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Elesboam
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2342
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 29
    Matrix
    Iconography
    A small double-crossed patriarchal cross, raised on three steps and adorned with florets issuing from the base to the middle of the field, then with a rhombus of pearls on either side of the upper arm
    Decoration
    Circle of dots
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 29
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Circle of dots; legend preceded by a cross
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1[+ Κ(ύρι)ε βο]ήθει τῷ σῷ δο[ύλ(ῳ)]
    rev
    2+ Ἐλεσ-
    3βωαμ β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)-
    4σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) ἐπὶ
    5[τοῦ] Χρυσοτ-
    6ρικλίν(ου)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1....Ο̣ΗΘ̣ΕΙΤΣΔΟ̣..
    obv
    1ΕΛΕΣ
    2̣ΑΜΑ
    3ΣΠΑΘSΕΠΙ
    4..ΧΡΥΣΟΤ̣
    5Ρ̣ΙΛΙΝ

    Legend and translation

    + Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / + Ἐλεσβωάμ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ Χρυσοτρικλίνου.

    Lord help your servant Elesboam, imperial protospatharios and epi tou Chrysotriklinou.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 246
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references