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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
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    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    ―
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 29
    Weight (g)
    21,47
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    ―
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Slightly indented at the canal openings; a few crushing marks on both sides.

    Dating

    Date
    13th C.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Private
    Issuer
    Gouelgos
    Milieu: Private
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    ―
    Find place
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    Find date
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    Find circumstances
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    ―
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2632
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 29
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Saints Peter and Paul standing, facing each other in a three-quarter turn, their faces tilted towards the ground, their hands half-raised in a gesture of prayer; Peter, on the left, has a long, pointed beard, while Paul, on the right, has curly hair and a short beard
    Decoration
    Circle of dots
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear metrical legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 29
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Circle of dots; legend surmounted and followed by a pearl flanked by dashes
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    a(Ὁ ἅγιος) Π[έ] bτρος (Ὁ ἅγιος) Παῦ cλος
    rev

    1Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθ-
    2η τὸν δοῦ-
    3λον σου
    4Γούελγ(ον)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    a|Π|. bΤ|Ρ|Ο|Σ||Π|Α|Υ c|Ο|Σ
    obv
    
    1̅̅ΟΗΘ
    2ΗΤΟΝΟΥ
    3ΟΝΣΟΥ
    4ΓΟΥΕΓ
    

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Πέτρος. Ὁ ἅγιος Παῦλος / Κύριε βοήθη τὸν δοῦλον σου Γούελγον.

    Saint Peter. Saint Paul. Lord help your servant Gouelgos.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 346
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references