Seal of Nikephoros Myrtatesshow 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. 39
    Weight (g)
    24,6
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    ―
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Distorted and too small blank; crushed at the top of the reverse; worn on both sides

    Dating

    Date
    13th-14th C.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Onomastics, Parallel
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Private
    Issuer
    Nikephoros Myrtates
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    ―
    Find place
    ―
    Find date
    ―
    Find circumstances
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    ―
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2949
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 38
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Saint Nikephoros full-length, facing, wearing a long cloak and holding the martyrs' cross in his right hand.
    Decoration
    Circle of grenetis
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 8 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 38
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Legend surmounted by a cross
    Decoration
    ―
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    Ὁ ἅγι(ος) Νι[κη]φόρ[ο]ς
    rev

    1Μ[άρτ]υς ἀ-
    2θλιτά σκέ-
    3πεις με τὸν
    4Μυρτάτην νί-
    5κης φέρων ὄ-
    6[ν]ομα [τῷ] Νι-
    7κ[ηφόρῳ]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    Ο||ΓΙ| – ΝΙ|..|Ο|Ρ.
    rev
    1Μ...ΥΣ
    2ΘΛΙΤΣΕ
    3ΠΕΙΣΜΕΤΟΝ
    4ΜΥΡΤΝΙ
    5ΚΗΣΕΡΝΟ
    6.ΟΜ..ΝΙ
    7Κ...

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Νικήφορος. / + Μάρτυς ἀθλιτά, σκέπεις με τὸν Μυρτάτην, νίκης φέρων ὄνομα τῷ Νικηφόρῳς.

    Saint Nikephoros. Martyr, Fighter, may you shield me, Myrtates, bearing the victory by the name Nikephoros.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 326
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references