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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): 8,81
Channel orientation (clock): 12-6
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Condition: Barely indented at the channel openings; good engraving but slightly oxidised.

Dating

Date: 11th C. middle
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Dating criteria: Epigraphy
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History

Category: Private
Issuer: Basil
Milieu: Private
Gender: Male
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Modern location: Izmir (Turkey)
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Collection and inventory: Yavuz Tatış collection 1936
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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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Iconography: Bust of Saint George, in his usual military garb, holding a sharp-edged spear and a shield
Decoration: Circle of thick dots
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Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Linear legend of 4 lines
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 19
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Decoration: Circle of thick dots; legend preceded by a cross; the last line is flanked by dashes
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Edition

obv

^a(Ὁ ἅγιος) Γε ^bώργι(ος)

rev

1+ Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει)
2τῷ σῷ δ(ούλῳ)
3Βασιλ(εί)-
4ῳ

obv

^a|Γ|Ε ^b|Ρ|ΓΙ

obv

1+̅Ε̅Θ
2ΤΣΔ
3ΑΣΙΛ
4

Legend and translation

Ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος / + Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Βασιλείῳ.

Saint George. Lord help your servant Basil.

References

Edition(s): Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 336
Parallel(s): No parallels known
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