Seal of Niketas, servant of the Virginshow 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. 26
    Weight (g)
    11,43
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Indented at the canal openings; worn on both sides.

    Dating

    Date
    7th C.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Private
    Issuer
    Niketas
    Milieu: Private
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Find place
    Magnesia ad Sipylum (Manisa)
    Find date
    Find circumstances
    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2628
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Cruciform monogram with iconography
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 26
    Matrix
    Iconography
    A soaring eagle turned leftwards with wings widely open
    Decoration
    Border of stylised foliage
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 26
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Border of stylised foliage; preceded and followed by a cross
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Νικήτα)
    rev
    2+ δού-
    3λου τῆς
    4Θεοτό-
    5κου +

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1ΤΝ
    obv
    2ΔΟΥ
    3ΛΟΥΤΗΣ
    4ΘΕΟΤΟ
    5ΚΟΥ

    Legend and translation

    Νικήτα / + δούλου τῆς Θεοτόκου +.

    Niketas, servant of Mother of God.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 360-361
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references