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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. 22
Weight (g): 7,93
Channel orientation (clock): 12-6
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Condition: Small indentations at the channel openings; fine engraving with crushing on both sides

Dating

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

Category: Secular Church
Issuer: Constantine
Milieu: Secular Church
Gender: Male
Place of origin: ―
Find place: Asia Minor (West Turkey)
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Modern location: Izmir (Turkey)
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Collection and inventory: Yavuz Tatış collection 3056
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Obverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Iconography with legend in columns
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 22
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Iconography: Saint George, half-length, facing, with beautiful curly hair, holding a spear in his right hand and a shield edged with pearls in the other.
Decoration: Border of pearls
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Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Linear legend of 4 lines
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 22
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Edition

obv

^a(Ὁ ἅγιος) Γ[ε] ^bώρ[γ(ιος)]

rev

1+ Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει)
2τῷ σῷ δ(ούλῳ)
3[Κ]ων(σταντίνῳ) κου-
4βουκλ(εισίῳ)

obv

̣|Γ̣|.|Ρ|.

rev

1
2̣̅Ε̅̅Θ̅
3ΤΣΔ
4.̅Ν̣
5Λ
6

Legend and translation

Ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος. / + Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ κουβουκλεισίῳ.

Saint George. Lord help your servant, Constantine, kouboukleisios.

References

Edition(s): Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 282
Parallel(s): No parallels known
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