Seal of Gabriel, monk (from the convent of Oroboi)hide 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. 19
Weight (g): 5,6
Channel orientation (clock): 12-6
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Condition: Notched at the canal orifices; flank partially trimmed and crushed

Dating

Date: 11th C. (second half)
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Dating criteria: Epigraphy
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History

Category: Secular Church
Issuer: Gabriel
Milieu: Monastic
Gender: Male
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Modern location: Izmir (Turkey)
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Collection and inventory: Yavuz Tatış collection 2911
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Obverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Iconography with legend in columns
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 19
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Decoration: Circle of pearls
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Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Iconography with legend in columns
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 12
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Iconography: Bust of Saint Theodosius, facing, with a long beard; a nimbus of pearls on either side.
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Edition

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^aΜή(τη)ρ ^bΘ(εο)ῦ

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1ἡ Ὀροβήτισ(σ)α

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^c(Ὁ ἅγιος) Θε ^d[ο]δ[ό]σ[ιος]

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2+ Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) Γαβριὴ[λ (μον)αχ(ῷ)]

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1.....ΗΟΡΟΗΤΙΣΑ

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2|Θ̣Ε̣Δ̣Σ̣.

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3ΚΕΘΓΑΡΗ...

Legend and translation

Μήτηρ Θεοῦ ἡ Ὀροβήτισσα / Ὁ ἅγιος Θεοδόσιος. Κύριε βοήθει Γαβριὴλ μοναχῷ.

Lord Jesus Christ help Epiphanes, monk.

References

Edition(s): Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 314
Parallel(s): No parallels known
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