Seal of the proedros 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. 27
    Weight (g)
    11,18
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    ―
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Barely indented at the openings of the channel, which cracks the channel; worn on the right; crushed in the centre of the reverse side

    Dating

    Date
    11th C. (last third) - 12th C. (beginning)
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Secular Church
    Issuer
    N.
    Milieu: Secular Church
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    Find place
    Praetoria (Burdur)
    Find date
    ―
    Find circumstances
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    ―
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2592
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
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    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 27
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Saint John the Theologian, full face, bust, long beard carefully engraved, holding the Book of his Gospel in his left hand and blessing
    Decoration
    Border of grenetis
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 27
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Legend preceded by a cross and surmounted by a cross of pearls cantoned by dashes
    Decoration
    ―
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    a(Ὁ ἅγιος) [Ἰω(άννης) ὁ] bΘεολ(ό)γ(ος)
    rev

    1+ Ἁγνὲ
    2σκέποις
    3με τ[ὸ]ν πρό-
    4εδρον Ἐ[φ-]
    5έσου

    Diplomatic

    obv
    |..|.Θ|Ε|Ο|ΛΓ
    rev
    1
    2ΑΓΝΕ
    3ΣΚΕΠΟΙΣ
    4ΜΕΤ.ΝΠΡΟ
    5ΕΔΡΟΝΕ.
    6Ε̣ΣΟΥ

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Θεολόγος. / + Ἁγνὲ σκέποις με τὸν πρόεδρον Ἐφέσου.

    John the Theologian. Holy one, may you watch over me, the proedros of Ephesos.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 295-296
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references