SigiDoc: Seal of Theodoros, protospatharios, judge of the Hippodrome, of the Velum and of the Armeniakoi

SigiDoc ID: s-vNknrD

Artifact

Type: Seal
Matrix: SigiDoc ID: m-pPEwH1 - PBW ID:

Physical description

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
Shape: Round
Dimensions (mm): Diam. 25
Weight (g): 12,13
Channel orientation (clock): 3-9
Axis (clock): ―
Overstrike orientation (clock): ―
Execution: Struck
Countermark: ―
Condition: Horizontal channel, indented at its openings; trimmed at the base of the blank; crushed on a large part of both sides: this makes only the right-hand part of the circular legend and of the image's label visible on the obverse, while on the reverse the last lines are crushed.

Dating

Date: 11th C., second quarter
Internal date: ―
Dating criteria: Epigraphy
Alternative date: ―

History

Category: Central administration
Issuer: Theodore
Milieu: Civil
Gender: Male
Place of origin: Armeniakoi
Find place: ―
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Find circumstances: ―
Modern location: İzmir (Turkey)
Institution and repository: ―
Collection and inventory: Yavuz Tatış collection 2338
Acquisition: ―
Previous locations: ―
Modern observations: ―

Obverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Iconography with circular invocative legend starting on the left, partially preserved.
Field dimensions (mm): ―
Matrix: ―
Iconography: Bust of Saint Theodore, facing, holding a spear in his right hand, the rest is indistinct; in the field, on either side of the nimbus, label in columns preserved on the right.
Decoration: Border of dots
Epigraphy: ―

Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Linear legend of 7 lines
Field dimensions (mm): ―
Matrix: ―
Iconography: ―
Decoration: Border of dots; a cross flanked by dashes at the top of the field prcedes the legend on a separate line.
Epigraphy: ―

Edition

Interpretive

obv

(Ὁ ἅγιος) Θεό δωρ(ος) ὁ Τήρ(ων)

obv

1[Κ(ύρι)ε βο]ήθει τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)

rev

2Θεοδώ-
3ρ(ῳ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ)
4κριτ(ῇ) ἐπὶ
5[τοῦ Ἱ]ππο[δρ(όμου)] τ
6οῦ βίλ(ου) (καὶ) τ
7ον Ἀρμε-
8νιακ(ῶν)

Diplomatic

obv

.... Δ||Ρ̣,|Ο̣|Τ̣Η̣|Ρ

obv

1....Η̣Θ̣Ε̣Ι̣Τ̣̣Σ̣̣....

rev


2ΘΕΟ
3Ρ̣,ΑˊΣΠΑ̣Θ̣/
4Κ̣Ρ̣ΙΤΕΠ.
5...Ο...
6.̣Ι̣Λ̣..
7.Ν̣Α̣Ρ̣̣Ε̣
8....

Apparatus

b,.6-8: La lecture a été rendue possible par la pièce parallèle, qui permet de compléter l'édition de l'exemplaire de la collection Tatış, comme suggéré par Seibt, 2020, p. 512.

Legend and translation

Ὁ ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Τήρων. Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / Θεοδώρῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ, κριτῇ ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἱπποδρόμου, τοῦ βίλου καὶ τον Ἀρμενιακῶν

Saint Theodore the soldier. Lord help your servant Theodoros protospatharios, judge of the Hippodrome, of the Velum and of the Armeniakoi.

References

Edition(s): Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 2.32.
Parallel(s): Collection Dumbarton Oaks, BZS.1947.2.43: DO Seals, 4, 22.24. = DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1947.2.43.
Further references: Seibt, 2020, p. 512.