Seal of John, ostiarioshide empty fields show empty fields
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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. 32
Weight (g): 27,93
Channel orientation (clock): 12-6
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Condition: Barely indented at the canal orifices; flank slightly trimmed around the edge; worn, especially on the right-hand side

Dating

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

Category: Central administration
Issuer: John
Milieu: Civil
Gender: Eunuch
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Find place: Philadelphia (Alaşehir)
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Modern location: Izmir (Turkey)
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Collection and inventory: Yavuz Tatış collection 2669
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Obverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Iconography with legend in columns
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 32
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Iconography: Bust of the Virgin, facing front, holding in both hands the medallion showing the bust of the the bust of the Child with the cruciferous nimbus. In the field, on either side of the Virgin's halo, the sigla.
Decoration: Circle of grenetis
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Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Linear legend of 5 lines
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 32
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Edition

obv

[Μ]ή(τη)ρ θ(εο)ῦ

rev

1+ Θ(εοτό)κε
2βοήθει
3τῷ σο δ(ούλῳ)
4Ἰω(άννῃ) ὀστ(ι)-
5αρ(ίῳ)

obv

.–Θ̅Υ̅

rev

1Θ̅Κ̅Ε
2ΟΗΘΕΙ
3ΤΣΟΔ
4Ι̅̅ΟΣΤ
5Ρ

Legend and translation

Μήτηρ Θεοῦ / + Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σο δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ ὀστιαρίῳ.

Mother of God. Theotokos help your servant John, ostiarios.

References

Edition(s): Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 180-181
Parallel(s): No parallels known
Further references: No further references