Seal of N., patrikios and doux of Thessalonicashow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
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    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 20
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    1-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Blank too small and resulting strike shifted to the left, with loss of much of the circular legend on the obverse and on the reverse of the ends of the lines of the legend, as well as of the first line; trimmed around the edge..

    Dating

    Date
    10th C.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Titulature, Iconography, Decoration
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    N.
    Milieu: Military
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Thessalonica
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    Modern location
    Paris (France)
    Institution and repository
    Institut Catholique de Paris, Institut Français d’Études Byzantines
    Collection and inventory
    IFEB 1139 (olim 1250)
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with a circular invocative legend starting at 7.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Patriarchal cross on two visible steps and fleurons rising from the base to mid-field, at the first crossbar; X at crossbars.
    Decoration
    Indistinct border.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 4 lines, of which the first one is lost.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Indistinct border; decorative elements follow the legend on a separate line, placed between pearls and dashes.
    Epigraphy

    Images

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

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1[+Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ] δούλο
    rev
    2[c. 5]
    3[.] πατρ[ικ(ίῳ)]
    4[(καὶ)] δουκ(ὶ) [Θε-]
    5σαλον(ίκης)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1.............Δ̣Ο̣Υ̣ΛΟ
    rev
    2[·····]
    3.ΠΑ̣Τ̣Ρ̣..
    4.ΔΟ̣Υˊ..
    5ΣΑΛΟΝ
    

    Legend and translation

    + Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλο / … πατρικίῳ καὶ δουκὶ Θεσαλονίκης.

    Lord help your servant N., patrikios and doux of Thessalonica.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references