Seal of Christophoros, vestes, judge of the Velum, deuteros and ephorosshow 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. 31
    Weight (g)
    22,11
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Indented at the openings of the channel; sumptuous engraving, but small traces of crushing.

    Dating

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

    History

    Category
    Central administration
    Issuer
    Christophoros
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 1613
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend and legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 31
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Virgin Mary standing on a rectangular base, facing three-quarters to the left, her hands half-raised in a gesture of prayer, towards the Manus Dei which appears at the top of the field.
    Decoration
    Circle of dots
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 6 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 31
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Circle of dots; legend surmounted by a cross between dashes; the last line is surrounded by dashes
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ
    obv
    1+ Θ(εοτό)κε βοήθ(ει) τῷ σῷ δ[ούλ]ῳ
    rev
    2Χριστο-
    3φόρῳ βέσ-
    4τῃ κριτῇ τοῦ
    5βήλου δευτ(έ)-
    6ρῳ (καὶ) ἐφό-
    7ρῳ

    Diplomatic

    obv
    ̅ ΘΥ̅
    obv
    1ΘΚΕΟΘ–ΤΣ...
    rev
    
    2ΧΡΙΣΤΟ
    3ΟΡΕΣ
    4ΤΚΡΙΤΤ
    5ΛΕΥΤ
    6ΡϗΕΟ
    7Ρ

    Legend and translation

    Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. + Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / Χριστοφόρῳ, βέστῃ, κριτῇ τοῦ βήλου, δευτέρῳ καὶ ἐφόρῳ.

    Theotokos help your servant Christophoros, vestes, krites of the Velum, deuteros and ephoros.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 49
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references