Seal of Michael Marachas, protospatharios and pronoetes of the estates of the Christ Antiphonetesshow 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. 24
    Weight (g)
    8,85
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    ―
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Notched at the canal orifices; one-third of each face is almost completely obliterated.

    Dating

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

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Michael Marachas(PBW: Michael 20160)
    Milieu: Civil
    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 3042
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 6 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 24
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Border of fine dots; last line flanked by dashes
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 6 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 24
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Border of fine dots; last line flanked by dashes
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1[+ Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει)]
    2[τ]ῷ σῷ δ(ούλῳ)
    3[Μι]χαὴλ (πρωτο)-
    4σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) β(ασιλικῷ)
    5[πρ]ονοη-
    6τ(ῇ)
    rev
    7[τῶν κτ(η)-]
    8[μ]άτων τ(οῦ)
    9Χρ(ι)στοῦ Ἀντ(ι)-
    10φωνητ[οῦ]
    11τῷ Μα[ρα-]
    12χ(ᾷ)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1.....
    2.ΣΔ
    3..ΧΑΗΛΑ̅
    4ΣΠΑΘϗ̅
    5..ΟΝΟΗ
    6Τ/
    rev
    7......
    8.ΑΤΝΤ/
    9Χ̅Ρ̅Σ̅ΤΑΝΤ/
    10ΦΝΗΤ.
    11ΤΑ..
    12Χ

    Legend and translation

    + Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Μιχαὴλ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ βασιλικῷ προνοητῇ / τῶν κτημάτων τοῦ Χριστοῦ Ἀντιφωνητοῦ τῷ Μαραχᾷ.

    Lord help your servant Michael Marachas, protospatharios and pronoetes of the estates of the Christ Antiphonetes.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 129-130
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references