Seal of John, bishop of ...show 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. 23
    Weight (g)
    12,57
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Notches at the channel openings; both sides worn, especially the obverse

    Dating

    Date
    11th C. (first half)
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Secular Church
    Issuer
    John
    Milieu: Secular Church
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Find place
    Asia Minor (West Turkey)
    Find date
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 3036
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 23
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Virgin in bust, facing front, gesturing with both hands in astonishment.
    Decoration
    Border of pearls
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 23
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Saint Michael in full bust, wearing the right loros edged with pearls, holding a trifoliate sceptre in his right hand and a globe in his left. Wings outstretched, between the nimbus of pearls and the circle enclosing the entire field
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ
    obv
    1[+ Θ(εοτό)]κε βοήθει Ἰωάννη
    rev
    Μι [χα(ήλ)]
    rev
    2
    2ἐπισκ[ό]π(ῳ) ΒΥ [...?...]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    ..Κ̣ΕΟΗΘΕΙΙΑΝΝΗ
    rev
    1Μ|Ι.|.
    rev
    2ΕΠΙΣΚ.Π̣Υ̣...

    Legend and translation

    + Θεοτόκε βοήθει Ἰωάννῃ / ἐπισκόπῳ.

    Theotokos help John, bishop ...

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 306
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references