Seal of Theodoros, chartoularios and protonotarios of Mesopotamiashow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-ZgHRBH

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 20
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    1-7
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Mediocre state of preservation; trimmed around the edges; in the process of oxidising.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Titulature
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Theodoros
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Mesopotamia
    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 149 (olim 174)
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography, with traces of sigla on either side of the image.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Virgin, mid-body, holding the Child on her left arm and pointing to him with her right hand, for the Hodégétria type.
    Decoration
    Indistinct border.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 6 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Indistinct border.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

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

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    a[Μ(ήτη)ρ] BΘ(εο)[ῦ]
    rev
    1+Θ(εοτό)κε [β(οή)θ(ει)]
    2Θεοδώρ(ῳ)
    3χαρτουλ(αρίῳ)
    4(πρωτο)νοταρ(ίῳ)
    5Μεσοπ-
    6[ο]ταμ(ίας)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    a.. bΘ̣.
    rev
    1Θ̣Κ̣Ε̣..
    2Θ̣Ε̣Ο̣Δ̣̣Ρ̣
    3ΧΑ̣ΡΤ̣̣Λ,
    4ΑΝΟΤ̣Α̣Ρ̣,
    5̣Ε̣Σ̣Ο
    6.ΤΑ̣

    Legend and translation

    Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. / + Θεοτόκε βοήθει Θεοδώρῳ χαρτουλαρίῳ πρωτονοταρίῳ Μεσοποταμίας.

    Mother of God. Mother of God aid Theodore, chartoularios and protonotarios of Mesopotamia.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Prigent, 1994, 90.
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references