Seal of Michael, o tou Efthymiou, magistros, vestes and judge of Thrakesionshow 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. 27
    Weight (g)
    15,28
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Very strongly indented at the lower orifice of the channel on the reverse; crushed and oxidised in the lower half of the blank.

    Dating

    Date
    1060-1070
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature, Onomastics
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Michael
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 469
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 25
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Saint Michael, full face, bust, wings outstretched and finely feathered, wearing the right lôros, carrying a globe in his left hand and a sceptre in his right hand, the handle of which has a ball under the trifoliate end.
    Decoration
    Circle of pearls
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 7 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 25
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    Μι χα(ήλ)
    rev
    1+ Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει)
    2Μιχαήλ
    4μαγ[ί]στρῳ
    3βέστ(ῃ) [(καὶ)] κριτ(ῇ)
    5τῶν [Θρ]ᾳκη-
    6σί[ων] τῷ τοῦ
    7Εὐ[θυμ]ίου

    Diplomatic

    obv
    Μ|ΙΧ|Α
    rev
    1Κ̅̅/Θ/
    2ΜΙΧΑΗΛ
    3ΜΑΓ.ΣΤΡ
    4ΕΣΤ.ΚΡΙΤ
    5ΤΝ..ΑΚΗ
    6ΣΙ..ΤΤ
    7ΕΥ...Ι
    5

    Legend and translation

    Μιχαήλ / + Κύριε βοήθει Μιχαὴλ μαγίστρῳ βέστῃ καὶ κριτῇ τῶν Θρᾳκησίων τῷ τοῦ Εὐθυμίου.

    Michael. Lord help your servant Michael, o tou Efthymiou, magistros, vestes and judge of Thrakesion.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 164-165
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references