Seal of Zoilos, hypatos and kyr of Chersonshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-GKN6SP

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 26
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Corroded; heavily trimmed around the edge, with loss of surface near the edge between 2 and 5 on the obverse (having damaged the right and upper arms of the monogram), and on the corresponding part of the reverse between 8 and 12 (having damaged the beginning of the lines of the legend).

    Dating

    Date
    8th C., end-9th C., beginning.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Historical context, Titulature, Parallel
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Zoilos
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Cherson
    Find place
    ―
    Find date
    ―
    Find circumstances
    ―
    Modern location
    Paris (France)
    Institution and repository
    Institut Catholique de Paris, Institut Français d’Études Byzantines
    Collection and inventory
    IFEB 23 (olim 25)
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Invocative curciform moograzm of the Laurent V type, flanked by the usual syllables.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Indistinct border.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 4 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Indistinct border; a crosslet precedes the beginning of the legend on the same line.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

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

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει) [τ]ῷ σῷ δούλ[ῳ]
    rev
    2+Ζοή[λ-]
    3ῳ ὑπάτῳ [(καὶ)]
    4κυρῷ Χε[ρ-]
    5σόνος

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1Θ--.-.-Β .-Σ̣-Δ̣-Λ̣.
    rev
    2̣ΖΟΗ.
    3̣ΥΠΑΤ̣.
    4̣ΥΡ̣ΧΕ.
    5ΣΟΝΟΣ

    Apparatus

    3: Dans son édition de ce sceau, ainsi que de la pièce parallèle, N. Alekseyenko introduit, de manière dubitative toutefois, un Β̣/ pour β(ασιλικῷ) juste avant la dignité, qui ne s’accompagne pas de cet adjectif; il s’agit en réalité du oméga par lequel le prénom du propriétaire du sceau se termine en début de ligne.
    3-5: La répartition des lignes présentée ici diffère quelque peu de celle proposée par N. Alekseyenko, mais il s’agit bien de pièces parallèles.

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / + Ζοήλῳ ὑπάτῳ καὶ κυρῷ Χερσόνος.

    Mother of God aid your servant Zoilos, hypatos and kyr of Cherson.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Prigent, 1994, 43 = Alekseenko, 2012, 25.2.
    Parallel(s)
    Collection Samojlenko, C-2-98: Alekseenko, 2012, 25.1.
    Further references
    No further references