Seal of George Hexamilites, protospatharios, judge of the Hippodrome and of the Armeniakonshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-YgLTsf - PBW ID: 2580

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    11-5
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    The support is broken along the channel and the right half is lost; oxidation in progress.

    Dating

    Date
    1040-1060.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Parallel, Prosopography, Titulature
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    George Hexamilites(PBW: Georgios 20167)
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Armeniakon
    Find place
    ―
    Find date
    ―
    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 364 (olim 422)
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with sigla preserved only on the left.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Bust of the Virgin, sketching the gesture of the address (Minimalorantengestus).
    Decoration
    Vestiges of a circle of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 7 lines, of which the first one is almost entirely lost.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Circle of dots very partially preserved; on the base of the parallel, a crosslet flanked by dashes preceded the legend on a separate line.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

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

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    aΜή(τη)ρ b[Θ(εο)ῦ]
    rev
    [-+-]
    1[Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει)]
    2[Γεω]ργ[(ίῳ) (πρωτο)]-
    3[σπα]θ(αρίῳ) κριτ(ῇ)
    4[ἐπὶ τ]οῦ [Ἱ]ππ(ο)-
    5[δρ(όμου) (καὶ) τ(ῶν) Ἀρ]με-
    6[ν(ικῶν) θ(ε)μ(άτων) ὁ] Ἑξα-
    7[μ]ηλ(ή)τ(ης)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    ab..
    rev
    ...
    1.....
    2...Ρ̣Γ̣.
    3...Θ̣Κ̣Ρ̣ΙΤ
    4.....̣
    5......Ε
    6....ΕΞ̣Α
    7.ΗΛ,Τ,

    Legend and translation

    Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. / Θεοτόκε βοήθει Γεωργίῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ, κριτῇ ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἱπποδρόμου καὶ τῶν Ἀρμενικῶν θεμάτων ὁ Ἑξαμηλήτης.

    Mother of God. Mother of God aid George Hexamilites, protospatharios, judge of the Hippodrome and of the Armeniakon.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    Collection K.P. Stamoulès: Konstantopoulos, coll. Stamoules, 78 = Wassiliou, 2002, 7b.
    Further references
    Wassiliou, 2002, 247 (mention du sceau IFEB); Laurent, 1931, p. 782, no. 5 et 793-794, no. 2 (mention et bref commentaire de l'édition Konstantopoulos, coll. Stamoules du parallèle); Scholarly Articles 2002-2006, p. 148 (mention de l'édition Wassiliou, 2002 du parallèle); PBW 2016, boulloterion 2580