Seal of Paul (?), imperial protospatharios and strategos of Ierichoshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-Udotaa

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 18
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Blank slightly too small; trimmed around the edge; on the reverse, indented at the upper opening of the channel.

    Dating

    Date
    End of the 10th - beginning of the 11th C.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Titulature, Epigraphy
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Paul?
    Milieu: Military
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Iericho
    Find place
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    Find date
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    Find circumstances
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    Modern location
    Paris (France)
    Institution and repository
    Institut Catholique de Paris, Institut Français d’Études Byzantines
    Collection and inventory
    IFEB 988 (olim 1098)
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
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    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography, with invocative legend very partially preserved, beginning with a crosslet at 8.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Bust of saint Dèmètrios, holding a martyr cross in front of his chest, chlamys closed over his right shoulder, curly hair; on either side of the effigy, label in columns.
    Decoration
    Vestiges of a border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 5 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Indistinct border.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

    Digital image of the obverse.
    Digital image of the reverse.

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    aὉ ἅ(γιος) Διμ bήτρ(ιος)
    obv
    1+Ἅγ[ιε Διμήτριε βοήθει τῷ σ]ῷ δ(ούλῳ)
    rev
    2Πα[ύλῳ(?)]
    3[β(ασιλικῷ)] (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ)
    4(καὶ) στρα-
    5τιγ(ῷ) Ἠ-
    6ρηχοῦ

    Diplomatic

    obv
    a|Ι| bΗ|Τ|Ρ|,
    obv
    1Α̣Γ̣...................̣ˊ
    rev
    2Π̣Α...
    3.ΑˊΣΠΑΘ̣
    4ΣΤΡΑ
    5ΤΙΓ,ΗΕ
    6Ρ̣ΗΧ

    Apparatus

    2: La reconstitution du prénom est hypothétique et reprend celle proposée par le premier éditeur du sceau.
    5-6: Alors que la forme correcte serait Ἠερηχοῦς, le génitif du nom du lieu a été laissé en tant que tel dans l'édition, sans postuler la présence d'une abréviation (voir Prigent, 2019, p. 141 ).

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Διμήτριος. Ἅγιε Διμήτριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / Παύλῳ (?) βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατιγῷ Ἠερηχοῦ.

    Saint Demetrios. Saint Demetrios aid your servant Paul, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Iericho.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Prigent, 1994, 72 = Prigent, 2019, p. 141 .
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references