Seal of John Marchapsabos, imperial protospatharios and epi tou Chrysotriklinoushow 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. 31
    Weight (g)
    29,66
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    ―
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Slightly indented at the canal openings; slightly pressed and oxidised on both sides.

    Dating

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

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    John Marchapsabos(PmbZ: PmbZ Ioannes 23437)
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    ―
    Find place
    Mazaka/Eusebeia/Caesarea (Region of Kayseri)
    Find date
    ―
    Find circumstances
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    ―
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2631
    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. 31
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Saint John Prodromos standing, dressed in a long tunic covering his arms and legs, with the mantle thrown back behind his shoulders ; his right hand is raised in the gesture of an address, and his left is holding a long processional cross
    Decoration
    Circle of thick dots
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 6 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 31
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Circle of thick dots
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    (Ὁ ἅγιος) Ἰω(άννης) ὁ [Πρόδρομος]
    rev
    1Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει)
    2τῷ σῷ δού(λῳ)
    3Ἰω(άννῃ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(α)ρ(ίῳ)
    4ἐπ(ὶ) τοῦ Χρ(υσο)(τρι)κλ(ίνου)
    5τῷ Μαρχα-
    6ψάβ(ῳ)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    Ι̅̅ Ο
    obv
    1Κ̅Ε̅Θ
    2ΤΣΔ
    3Ι̣̅̅Α̅ΣΠΑΘΡ
    4ΕΠΤΓ̅ΚΛ̅
    5ΤΜΑΡΧΑ
    6ΨΑ

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἃγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Πρόδρομος / Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννη πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ ἐπὶ τοῦ Χρυσοτρικλίνου τῷ Μαρχαψάβῳ.

    Saint John Prodromos. Lord help your servant John Marchapsabos, imperial protospatharios and epi tou Chrysotriklinou.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 246-247
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references