Seal of Theodoros Chrysos, protospatharios, epi tou Chrysotriklinou and kourator of Mesopotamiashow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-zVpWry - PBW ID: 533

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 22
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Very poor state of conservation; corroded; very damaged, with more or less significant and deep losses along three quarters of the edge.

    Dating

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

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Theodoros Chrysos(PBW: Theodoros 20123 )
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Mesopotamia
    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 450 (olim 519)
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with, according to the parallel seal, on either side of the image, a lost sigla on the left, traces of which are perhaps visible on the right.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Bust of the archangel Michael, wearing a decorated lôros and holding a sceptre in his right hand and the globe in his left..
    Decoration
    Indistinct border.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 7 lines, of which the first one is lost.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Indistinct border.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

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

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    aΜιχ bαή(λ)
    rev
    1+Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει)
    2[Θε]οδώ[ρ(ῳ)]
    3[(πρωτο)σ]πα[θ(αρίῳ)] ἐπ[ὶ]
    4[τ(οῦ)] Χρ(υσο)(τρι)[κ]λ(ίνου) (καὶ) κ[ου]-
    5[ρ(ά)]τ(ωρι) Μεσοπ[ο-]
    6[τ]αμ(ίας) τ(ῷ) Χρ[ύ-]
    7[σ]ῳ

    Diplomatic

    obv
    a... b..
    rev
    1.....
    2..ΟΔ.
    3..Π̣Α̣.Ε̣Π.
    4.Γ.Λ̣.
    5.Τ̣,Ε̣Σ̣ΟΠ̣.
    6.Α̣Τ.
    7.̣

    Apparatus

    a-b: La lecture du sigle est basée sur la pièce parallèle de la collection Seyrig.
    1: La lecture de l’invocation est basée sur la pièce parallèle de la collection Seyrig.

    Legend and translation

    Μιχαήλ / + Κύριε βοήθει Θεοδώρῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ, ἐπὶ τοῦ Χρυσοτρικλίνου καὶ κουράτωρι Μεσοποταμίας τῷ Χρύσῳ.

    Michael. Lord help Theodoros Chrysos, protospatharios, epi tou Chrysotriklinou and kourator of Mesopotamia.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Prigent, 1994, 91.
    Parallel(s)
    Collection Seyrig, no. 406: Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 186 (sans lecture du nom de famille).
    Further references
    La pièce parallèle de la collection Seyrig est mentionnée dans PBW 2016, boulloterion 533 .