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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. 45
Weight (g): 23,63
Channel orientation (clock): 12-6
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Condition: Several indentations on the blank; worn on the right; crushed at the top of the field on the reverse.

Dating

Date: 11th C. first half
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Dating criteria: Epigraphy
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History

Category: Private
Issuer: Nikephoros
Milieu: Private
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 2449
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Obverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Iconography with legend in columns
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 45
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Iconography: Bust of the Virgin, holding the medallion in both hands
Decoration: Circle of pearls
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Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Linear metrical legend of 5 lines
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 45
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Iconography: ―
Decoration: Circle of pearls; legend followed by a pearl flanked by dashes
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Edition

obv

^aΜή(τη)ρ ^bΘ(εο)ῦ

rev

1[+] Δἐσ-
2[π]οινα σῶ-
4σον δοῦλον
5σὸν Νικη-
6φόρον

obv

^a̅ ^bΘ̅Υ

obv

1.Δ̣ΕΣ̣
2.ΟΙΝΑΣ
3ΣΟΝΔΛΟΝ
4ΣΟΝΝΙΚΗ
5ΦΟΡΟΝ


Legend and translation

Μήτηρ Θεοῦ / + Δέσποινα σῶσον δοῦλον σὸν Νικηφόρον.

Mother of God. Lady, protect your servant Nikephoros.

References

Edition(s): Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 360
Parallel(s): No parallels known
Further references: No further references