Seal of Apnelgaripes, magistrosshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: - PBW ID: 452

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    ―
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 27
    Weight (g)
    16,27
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    ―
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Notched at the canal openings; heavily oxidised and worn on both sides.

    Dating

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

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Apnelgaripes (PBW: PBW Apnelgaripes 20101)
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    Find date
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
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    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2869
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
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    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 27
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Saint George standing, wearing a breastplate over a short tunic and a chlamys draped over his shoulders, armed with a long spear held in his right hand and resting his left hand on a small oblong shield
    Decoration
    Circle of pearls
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 27
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Circle of pearls; legend followed by a rhombus of pearls flanked by dashes; at the top of the field, a cross of pearls between two dashes, then a cross at the beginning of the first line
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    (Ὁ ἅγιος) Γεώρ [γιος]
    rev
    1+ Κ(ύρι)ε βοή-
    2θει τῷ σῷ
    3δούλῳ Ἀπ-
    4[νε]λγ(α)ρίπῃ
    5[μ(α)]γί(σ)τρῳ

    Diplomatic

    obv
    |ΓΕ||Ρ ....
    obv
    
    1Κ̅Ε̅ΟΗ
    2ΘΕΙΤΣ
    3ΔΟΥΛΑΠ
    4..ΛΓ̅ΡΙΠΗ
    5.Γ̅ΙΤ̅Ρ
    

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἃγιος Γεώργιος / + Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἀπνελγαρίπῃ μαγίστρῳ.

    Saint George. Lord help your servant Apnelgaripes, magister.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 229-230
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references