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Artifact

Type: Seal
Matrix: SigiDoc ID: m-TDZnVo

Physical description

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
Shape: Round
Dimensions (mm): Diam. 22
Weight (g): 7,38
Channel orientation (clock): 12-6
Axis (clock): ―
Overstrike orientation (clock): ―
Execution: Struck
Countermark: ―
Condition: Slight indentations at the channel openings; crushed on the right; corroded on the reverse.

Dating

Date: 10th C. first half
Internal date: ―
Dating criteria: Epigraphy, Iconography
Alternative date: ―

History

Category: Central administration
Issuer: Leo
Milieu: Civil
Gender: Male
Place of origin: ―
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Modern location: İzmir (Turkey)
Institution and repository: ―
Collection and inventory: Yavuz Tatış collection 470
Acquisition: ―
Previous locations: ―
Modern observations: ―

Obverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Iconography with circular invocative legend starting at 7
Field dimensions (mm): ―
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Iconography: Patriarchal cross with slightly pattéed ends, raised on three steps and decorated with stylised fleurons up to the mid-point of the cross.
Decoration: Circle of dots
Epigraphy: ―

Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Linear legend of 4 lines
Field dimensions (mm): ―
Matrix: ―
Iconography: ―
Decoration: Circle of dots; a crosslet before the legend, on the same line
Epigraphy: ―

Edition

obv

1 Κ(ύρι)ε β(οήθει) τῷ σῷ [δούλῳ]

rev

2+Λέον-
3[τ(ι)] μ[αν]δ(άτορι)
4[(καὶ)] ἐπισ-
5[κ]επ(τί)τῃ

obv

1Ε/ΤΣ[c. 3 - 5]

rev

2ΛΕΟ̣Ν̣
3.Μ..Δ̣/
4.ΕΠ̣ΙΣ
5.ΕΠΤ

Apparatus

4-5: ἐπισ[κ]επ(τί)τῃ: Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 2.27 ἐπισκεπ(τί)τῃ.

Legend and translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / + Λέοντι μανδάτορι καὶ ἐπισκεπτίτῃ.

Lord help your servant Leo, mandator and episkeptites.

References

Edition(s): Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 2.27.
Parallel(s): No parallels known
Further references: No further references