Seal of N., imperial protospatharios and strategos of the Kibyrraiotonshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-LH3qec

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 23
    Weight (g)
    6,44
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Approximately one quarter of the seal is lost along the top edge between 11 and 2, resulting in the loss of the first line of the legend on the reverse; trimmed around the edge.

    Dating

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

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    N.
    Milieu: Military
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Kibyrraioton
    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 404 (olim 464)
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
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    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with a circular invocative legend starting at 7.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Patriarchal cross on three steps, with fleurons starting at the base and rising to mid-field.
    Decoration
    Traces of a border of dots; a crosslet precedes the circular legend.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 5 lines, of which only 4 are preserved.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Traces of a border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

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

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1+Κ(ύρι)ε βοή[θει τῷ σῷ] δούλ(ῳ)
    rev
    2[...?...]
    3[.] β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ-
    4αρήῳ (καὶ) στ-
    5ρατιγ(ῷ) τ(ῶν) Κυ-
    6βεριοτ(ῶν)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1Ε̣ΟΗ̣.......ΔΟΥΛˊ
    rev
    2[...?...]
    3.//Σ̣ΠΘ̣
    4ΡΗΣΤ
    5Ρ̣Τ̣ΙΓ̣.Τ,ΚΥ
    6ΕΡΙΟΤ

    Apparatus

    5: Le point après Ρ̣Τ̣ΙΓ̣ indique le signe d’abréviation et explique l’espacement des lettres.

    Legend and translation

    + Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / … βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρήῳ καὶ στρατιγῷ τῶν Κυβεριοτῶν.

    Lord help your servant N., imperial protospatharios and strategos of the Kibyrraioton.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Prigent, 1994, 56 = Karagiorgou, Charalampakis, Malatras, 2016, 18.
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    Le sceau IFEB est mentionné dans Karagiorgou, Charalampakis, Malatras, 2021 avec l'identifiant KIB_77 (IFEB 464).