Seal of John, archbishop of Ephesosshow 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. 21
    Weight (g)
    8,39
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Blank too small; hit off-centre; worn on the right-hand side

    Dating

    Date
    8th C. (second half)
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Onomastics, Titulature
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Secular Church
    Issuer
    John (PBE: PBE Ioannes 82)
    Milieu: Secular Church
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Find place
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2257
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Cruciform monogram
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 21
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Circle of foliage
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 21
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Legend preceded by a cross
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Χριστὲ βοήθει) [τῷ] σῷ δούλῳ
    rev
    2+ Ἰωάν
    3νῃ ἀρχ-
    4ιεπισκ(όπῳ) Ἐ-
    5φέσου

    Diplomatic

    obv
    ΧΒΡΤ.Ι. ΤΣΔΛ
    rev
    1....
    2Ν̣ΗΑΡΧ
    3.Ε̣ΠΙΣΚΕ
    4ΦΕΣ

    Legend and translation

    Χριστὲ βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / + Ἰωάννῃ ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ Ἐφέσου.

    Christ help your servant John, archbishop of Ephesos.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 293
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references