Seal of Symeon, monk, kouboukleisiosshow 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. 19
    Weight (g)
    6,45
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Small module compared to the blank; barely indented at the channel openings; a few spots of oxidation

    Dating

    Date
    10th C.-11th C.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Secular Church
    Issuer
    Symeon
    Milieu: Secular Church
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2862
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Saint Nicholas, full face, bust, with nimbus completely crushed, blessing and holding the Book in his left hand.
    Decoration
    Circle of pearls
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    a[(Ὁ ἅγιος)] Ν[ι] bκό(λαος)
    obv
    1[Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ] σῷ δούλ(ῳ)
    rev
    2+ Συμε(ῶνι)
    3[μ]οναχο
    4[κ]ουβουκλ-
    5εισίῳ

    Diplomatic

    obv
    Ν̣.Κ̣|Ο
    obv
    1..........ΣΔΟΥΛ
    rev
    2̣ΣΥΜΕ
    3.ΟΝΑΧΟ
    4.ΚΛ
    5ΕΙΣΙ

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Νικόλαος. Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / + Συμεῶνι μοναχο κουβουκλεισίῳ.

    Saint Nikolaos. Lord help your servant, Symeon, monk, kouboukleisios.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 283
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
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