Seal of Ignatios, spatharokandidatos, asekretis and judge of the Aegean Seashow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-BoQqvu

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 22
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    2-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Corroded; crushed on the right of the obverse and on the left of the reverse with loss of letters of the legend at the end of the lines on the obverse and at the beginning of the lines on the reverse.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Titulature, Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Ignatios
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Aegean Sea
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    Modern location
    Paris (France)
    Institution and repository
    Institut Catholique de Paris, Institut Français d’Études Byzantines
    Collection and inventory
    IFEB 119 (olim 140)
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 5 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Border of dots; a crosslet precedes the beginning of the legend on the same line; decorative elements may have been present above the legend, on a separate line .
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 4 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Circle of dots very partially preserved; decorative elements - perhaps three pearls - above the legend, on a separate line; below the legend, also on a separate line, perhaps a pearl flanked by dashes .
    Epigraphy

    Images

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

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1+Ἰγνά-
    2τ(ιος) σπαθα[ρ(ο)-]
    3κανδιδ(ᾶ)[τ(ος)]
    4[ἀ]σηκρ[ῆ-]
    5τι[ς]
    rev
    6[κ]αὶ
    7[κρ]ιτὴς
    8[τ]οῦ Ἐγέου
    9[Πε]λάγ(ου)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1̣ΙΓΝΑ
    2Τ,Σ̣ΠΑΘ̣Α̣.
    3̣Α̣Ν̣ΔΙΔ.
    4.Σ̣ΗΡ̣.
    5ΤΙ.
    rev
    ̣̣̣
    6.ΑΙ
    7..Ι̣ΤΗΣ̣
    8.̣Ε̣Γ̣Ε̣
    9..ΛΑΓ
    ̣̣̣

    Apparatus

    9: Le alpha semble bien avoir une forme –  – inhabituelle à l’époque.

    Legend and translation

    + Ἰγνάτιος σπαθαροκανδιδᾶτος, ἀσηκρῆτις / καὶ κριτὴς τοῦ Ἐγέου Πελάγου.

    Ignatios, spatharokandidatos, asekretis and judge of the Aegean Sea.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Prigent, 1994, 64.
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references