Seal of Merkourios, deacon and oikonomoshide empty fields show empty fields
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Artifact

Type: Seal
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Physical description

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
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Dimensions (mm): Diam. 32
Weight (g): 18,46
Channel orientation (clock): 12-6
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Condition: Indented at the canal openings; deeply indented at the base of the reverse side

Dating

Date: 8th C. (first half)
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Dating criteria: Epigraphy
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History

Category: Secular Church
Issuer: Merkourios
Milieu: Secular Church
Gender: Male
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Modern location: Izmir (Turkey)
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Collection and inventory: Yavuz Tatış collection 964
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Obverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Cruciform monogram
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 32
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Iconography: Invocative cruciform monogram of the Laurent V type, completed in the cantons with the usual tetragram
Decoration: Circle of foliage
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Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Linear legend of 5 lines
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 32
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Edition

obv

1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει) τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

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2+ Μερ-
3κουρίῳ
4διακόν(ῳ)
5(καὶ) οἰκον-
6[όμῳ]

obv

Ε–Τ–Η–Β–Θ ΤΩΣΩΔ̣ΛΩ

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1Μ̣Ε̣Ρ
2ΚΟΥΡ̣ΙΩ̣
3ΔΙΑΚΟ̣Ν
4ϗΟΙΚΟΝ
5...

Legend and translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / + Μερκουρίῳ διακόνῳ καὶ οἰκονόμῳ.

Theotokos help your servant Merkourios, deacon and oikonomos.

References

Edition(s): Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 310-311
Parallel(s): No parallels known
Further references: No further references