Seal of Menas, bishop of Tralleisshow 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. 26
    Weight (g)
    9,05
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Clearly indented at the upper orifice of the canal of the canal; slightly crushed on the reverse side

    Dating

    Date
    10th-11th C.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Secular Church
    Issuer
    Menas
    Milieu: Secular Church
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2258
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 26
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Saint Michel half-body, facing, with a fine engraving, wearing the right loros with a pectoral formed by a double row of pearls, holding in his right hand a sceptre ending in three balls.
    Decoration
    Circle of pearls
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 26
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Legend preceded by a cross
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    Μι χα(ήλ)
    obv
    1+ Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθ(ει) τῷ σῷ δ(ούλῳ)
    rev
    2+ Μινᾷ
    3τῷ θ(ε)ωφι-
    4λεστάτ(ῳ) ἐ-
    5[πι]σκ(όπῳ) Τρά-
    6[λ]λης

    Diplomatic

    obv
    Μ|ΙΧ|Α
    obv
    1Κ̣Ε̣̣Ο̣ΗΘΤΣ̣̣Δ
    rev
    1Μ̣ΙΝΑ
    2ΤΘ̅̅ΦΙ
    3ΛΕΣΤΑΤΕ
    4..Σ̣ΚΤΡΑ
    5.Λ̣ΗΣ

    Legend and translation

    Μιχαήλ / + Κύριε βοήθει Κωνσταντίνῳ ἐλαχήστῳ Τηβεριουπόλεος.

    Michael. Lord help Constantine, the smallest, metropolitan of Tiberioupolis.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 304
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references