Seal of Paul, protospatharios and taxiarchesshow 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. 25
    Weight (g)
    16,02
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Slightly indented at the channel openings; strike off-center to the left on the reverse; some wear on the obverse.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C. first half
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Central administration
    Issuer
    Paul
    Milieu: Military
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 771
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 25
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Bust of saint Michael wearing the loros aorned with coarse pearls, holding in his right hand a scepter with a spherical handle under the trifoliate tip and in his left hand a globe
    Decoration
    Circle of pearls
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 6 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 25
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Circle of pearls; legend preceded by a cross
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    Μ(ι) χ(αήλ)
    rev
    1+ Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει)
    2τῷ σῷ δού(λῳ)
    3Παύλο (πρωτο)-
    4σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) τ(α)-
    5ξιάρχ(ῃ)

    Diplomatic

    obv
     Χ
    rev
    1Κ̅Ε̅Θ
    2ΤΣ
    3ΠΑΥΛΟΑ
    4ΣΠΑΘϗΤ
    5ΙΑΡΧ

    Legend and translation

    Μιχαήλ / + Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Παύλο πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ ταξιάρχῃ.

    Michael. Lord help your servant Paul, protospatharios and taxiarches.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 98
    Parallel(s)
    ,
    Further references
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