Seal of Epiphanios, monkshow 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. 12
    Weight (g)
    2,8
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    ―
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Blank too small, barely indented at the channel openings; crushing points, especially on the reverse

    Dating

    Date
    11th C.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Secular Church
    Issuer
    Epiphanios
    Milieu: Monastic
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    ―
    Find place
    Asia Minor (West Turkey)
    Find date
    ―
    Find circumstances
    ―
    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    ―
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2691
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 3 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 12
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Legend preceded by a cross
    Decoration
    Border of grenetis
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 12
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Legend with dashes in the last line
    Decoration
    ―
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1+ Κ(ύρι)ε
    2Ἰ(ησο)ῦ Χ(ριστ)ὲ βο-
    3ήθει
    rev
    4+ Ἐπ[ι-]
    5φανίῳ
    6μονα-
    7χ(ῷ)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    Κ̅Ε̅
    1ΙΥΧΕ̅Ο̣
    2ΗΘΕΙ
    rev
    3̣ΕΠ.
    4ΦΑΝΙ̣
    5ΜΟΝΑ
    6Χ

    Legend and translation

    + Κύριε Ἰησοῦ Χριστὲ βοήθει / + Ἐπιφανίῳ μοναχῷ.

    Lord Jesus Christ help Epiphanes, monk.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 311-312
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references