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Artifact

Type: Seal
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Physical description

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
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Dimensions (mm): Diam. 26
Weight (g): 18,25
Channel orientation (clock): 12-6
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Condition: Notched at the channel openings; blank too small; partially crushed on both sides

Dating

Date: 11th C.
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Dating criteria: Epigraphy
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History

Category: Secular Church
Issuer: Theophilos
Milieu: Monastic
Gender: Male
Place of origin: ―
Find place: Praetoria (Burdur)
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Modern location: Izmir (Turkey)
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Collection and inventory: Yavuz Tatış collection 2601
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Obverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Iconography with legend in columns
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 26
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Iconography: Virgin, half-length, facing, praying, the medallion with the Child's bust resting on her breast.
Decoration: Border of pearls
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Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Linear legend of 4 lines
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 26
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Iconography: Legend followed by a cross of pearls and dashes.
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Edition

obv

[Μή(τη)ρ(?)] Θ(εο)ῦ

rev

1Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει)
2Θεοφίλ(ῳ)
3(μον)αχ(ῷ) (καὶ) συγ-
4κέλλῳ

obv

rev

1Θ̅Κ̅ΕΘ
2ΘΕΟΦΙΛ
3ΑΧΣΥΓ
4ΚΕΛΛ
4

Legend and translation

Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Θεοτόκε βοήθει Θεοφίλῳ μοναχῷ καὶ συγκέλλῳ.

Mother of God. Theotokos help Theophilos, monk and synkellos.

References

Edition(s): Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 319
Parallel(s): No parallels known
Further references: No further references