Seal of Joseph, imperial spatharokandidatos and kommerkiarios of Thessalonicashow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-mGkFbO

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 23
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Execution
    Struck
    Condition
    Strike slightly off-centre; trimmed around the edge; indented at the channel openings: this state of preservation has led to losses on the circular legend on the obverse and at the very end of the lines of the legend on the reverse.

    Dating

    Date
    10th C.
    Dating criteria
    Titulature, Iconography, Decoration

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Joseph (PmbZ: 3461)
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Thessalonica
    Modern location
    Paris (France)
    Institution and repository
    Institut Catholique de Paris, Institut Français d’Études Byzantines
    Collection and inventory
    IFEB 1050 (olim 1160)

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with a circular invocative legend starting at 7.
    Iconography
    Patriarchal cross on three steps on a globe and fleurons rising from the base to mid-field, at the first crossbar; X at crossbars.
    Decoration
    Border of dots.

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 5 lines.
    Decoration
    Border of dots; a crosslet precedes the beginning of the legend on the same line; a pearl flanked by dashes follows the legend on a separate line.

    Images

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

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθ[ει τ]ῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)
    rev
    2+Ἰωσί[φ]
    3β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθ(αρο)κα[ν-]
    4δ(ι)δ(άτῳ) (καὶ) κουμε[ρ-]
    5κιαρ(ίῳ) Θεσ[σ-]
    6α(λο)νικις

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1Κ̣Ε̣̣Ο̣ΗΘ̣...Σ̣̣ΔΟΥΛˊ
    rev
    2ΙΣ̣Ι.
    3̣,ΣΠΑΘ,ΚΑ.
    4,̣ΟΥΜΕ̣.
    5̣ΙΑΡ̣Θ̣Ε̣Σ.
    6Α,ΝΙ̣ΙΣ̣

    Apparatus

    5: À la place du Ρ il semble y avoir une croisette (!).
    5-6: Θ̣Ε̣Σ.|Α,ΝΙ̣ΙΣ̣ cette abréviation semble faire penser à une sorte de jeu de mots sur le nom de la ville, Θεσσαλῶν νίκης, sur lequel voir DO Seals, 1, p. 72 .

    Legend and translation

    Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / + Ἰωσίφ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ κουμερκιαρίῳ Θεσσαλονικις.

    Lord help your servant Joseph, imperial spatharokandidatos and kommerkiarios of Thessalonica.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    Un sceau de la collection Sorlin-Dorigny pourrait être un parallèle, mais l'absence d'image ou de dessin empêche d'en avoir la certitude: Sorlin-Dorigny, 1877, p. 86 = Schlumberger, 1884, p. 105 : la transcription donnée par Sorlin-Dorigny (Α,ΣΠΑΘ,ΚΑΝǀΔΔ) pousse Schlumberger à mal interpréter la dignité et faire de Joseph un protospathaire et candidat.
    Further references
    Le sceau Sorlin-Dorigny est mentionné dans Bibicou, 1963, p. 238, no. 150 , qui propose de corriger la dignité en spatharokandidat; voir aussi PmbZ Online, 3461 .