Seal of Tarasios, hypatosshow 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. 19
    Weight (g)
    12,3
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Blank much too small, leaving almost the upper half of the field out of focus; trimmed, especially on the left; worn on both sides.

    Dating

    Date
    710-730
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Tarasios (PmbZ: PmbZ Tarasios 7229)
    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 3035
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Virgin Hodegetria, standing on oval base, draped in tunic and mantle; the right arm of the Theotokos supports the feet of the Child, carried on the left arm
    Decoration
    Border of foliage
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Border of foliage
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    Παναγία Θε [ο]τ[ό]κε Σουβρ(ί)του(?)
    rev
    1+ βοή
    2θει τῷ δ
    3ούλῳ σου Τ
    4αρασίῳ ὑ-
    5πάτῳ +

    Diplomatic

    obv
     ..|.ΑΓ|ΙΑΘ|Ε .|Τ.|ΚΕ|Σ|ΒΡ
    obv
    1......
    2......
    3ΛΣ.
    4ΑΡΑΣΙΥ
    5ΠΑΤ

    Legend and translation

    Παναγία Θεοτόκε Σουβρίτου / + βοήθει τῷ δούλῳ σου Ταρασίῳ ὑπάτῳ +.

    Virgin of Sybrita, Mother of God help your servant Tarasios, hypatos.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 224-225
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references