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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
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    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    ―
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 18
    Weight (g)
    5,84
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    ―
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Slightly indented at the canal openings; blank a little too small; fine engraving.

    Dating

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

    History

    Category
    Private
    Issuer
    John
    Milieu: Private
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    ―
    Find place
    Andrapa/Neapolis/Neoklaudiopolis (Vezirköprü (Black Sea))
    Find date
    ―
    Find circumstances
    ―
    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    ―
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2639
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 18
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Bust of Saint John Chrysostom, blessing with the right and holding in the left hand the Holy Book decorated with a rhombus of pearls, like the episcopal vestment on the shoulders
    Decoration
    Border of dots
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear metrical legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 18
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Border of dots; legend surmounted by a cross between two pearls and the last line is decorated with a pearls flanked by dashes; the text is accentuated
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    a(Ὁ ἅγιος) Ἰω(άννης) ὁ bΧρ(υσό)στ(ο)μος
    rev

    1Τηρῶ
    2γραφάς
    3τε καὶ λό-
    4γους Ἰω-
    5άννου

    Diplomatic

    obv
    a|Ι̅̅|Ο a|ΣΤ/|ΜΟ|Σ
    obv
    
    1ΤΗΡ
    2ΓΡΑΦΑΣ
    3ΤΕΑΙΛΟ
    4ΓΟΣΣΙ
    5ΑΝΝ
    

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Χρυσόστομος / + Τηρῶ γραφάς τε καὶ λόγους Ἰωάννου.

    Saint John Chrysostom. I watch over the scriptures and the words of John.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 351
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references