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Artifact

Type: Seal
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Physical description

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
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Dimensions (mm): Diam. 23
Weight (g): 6,30
Channel orientation (clock): 12-6
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Condition: Clearly indented at the channel openings; slightly off-centre to the left on the obverse

Dating

Date: 11th C. (first half)
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Dating criteria: Epigraphy
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History

Category: Central administration
Issuer: Leon
Milieu: Civil
Gender: Eunuch
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Modern location: Izmir (Turkey)
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Collection and inventory: Yavuz Tatış collection 2689
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Obverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Iconography with legend in columns
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 23
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Iconography: Bust of the Virgin, without the medallion, gesturing with both hands in astonishment.
Decoration: Border of grenetis
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Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Linear legend of 5 lines
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 23
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Iconography: Legend preceded by a cross; the last line is separated by dashes
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Edition

obv

Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ

rev

1+ Θ(εοτό)κε β[οή-]
2θ(ει) τῷ σῷ δ(ούλῳ)
3Λέοντ(ι) σπ-
4αθ(α)ρ(ο)κουβ(ι)κ(ου)-
5λ[αρ(ίῳ)]

obv

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1ΘΚΕ.
2ΘΤΣΔ
3ΛΕΟΝΤ/ΣΠ
4ΑΘ/Ρ/ΚΚ
5Λ..

Legend and translation

Μήτηρ Θεοῦ / + Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Λέοντι σπαθαροκουβικουλαρίῳ.

Mother of God. Theotokos help your servant Leon, spatharocubicularius.

References

Edition(s): Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 184
Parallel(s): No parallels known
Further references: No further references