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Type: Seal
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Physical description

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
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Dimensions (mm): Diam. 20
Weight (g): 6,11
Channel orientation (clock): 12-6
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Condition: Chipped at the canal openings; partially trimmed blank; oxidising

Dating

Date: 11th C. (second half)
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Dating criteria: Epigraphy
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History

Category: Secular Church
Issuer: Euthymios
Milieu: Monastic
Gender: Male
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Modern location: Izmir (Turkey)
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Collection and inventory: Yavuz Tatış collection 2381
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Obverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Iconography with legend in columns
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 20
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Decoration: Circle of pearls
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Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Iconography with legend in columns
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 20
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Iconography: Bust of Saint Gregory the Thaumaturgist, front view, in his episcopal robes, holding the Book in his left hand and blessing with his right.
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Edition

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Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ

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1[+ Θ(εοτό)κ]ε β(οή)θ(ει) τῷ [σῷ] δού(λῳ)

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(Ὁ ἅγιος) Γρη[γ]όρ(ιος) ὁ Θα[υ]ματ(ουργός)

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2+ Εὐθυμίῳ (μον)αχ(ῷ)

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1...Ε̣ΘΤ..Δ̣

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2|ΓΡΗ|.ΟΡΟ|ΘΑ.|ΜΑ|Τ

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3ΕΥΘΥ̣ΜΙΑ

Legend and translation

Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / Ὁ ἅγιος Γρηγόριος ὁ Θαυματουργός. Εὐθυμίῳ μοναχῷ.

Mother of God. Theotokos help your servant Euthymios, monk. Saint Gregory the Thaumaturgist.

References

Edition(s): Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 313
Parallel(s): No parallels known
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