Seal of Theophylaktosshow 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. 21
    Weight (g)
    5,17
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Barely indented at the canal openings; partially crushed on both sides; off-centre striking.

    Dating

    Date
    10th C. second half
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Private
    Issuer
    Theophylaktos
    Milieu: Private
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Find place
    Asia Minor (West Turkey)
    Find date
    Find circumstances
    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2692
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 21
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Patriarchal cross with pattéed ends, ending in a globule, decorated with stylised florets to the top
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 21
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Legend followed by a pearl flanked by dashes
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    rev
    1[+] Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)[θ(ει)]
    2[τ]ῷ σῷ δ(ούλῳ)
    3[Θ]εοφυ-
    4λάκτ(ῳ)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1.ΚΕ.
    2.̣ΣΔ
    3.ΕΟΦΥ
    4ΛΑΚΤ
    

    Legend and translation

    + Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοφύλακτῳ.

    Lord help your servant Theophylaktos.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 369
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references