Seal of Leo, proedros, judge and anagrapheus of Cyprusshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
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    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 14
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Poor state of conservation: very oxidised, with fading of the inscription on a large part of the obverse and in the central part of the reverse in particular; the support retains an appendage from the moulding.

    Dating

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

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Leo
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Cyprus
    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 479 (olim 555)
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
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    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 4 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 12
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Border of dots; a crosslet preceded the beginning of the legend on the same line; pearls are present at the end of the first and third lines; the last line is flanked by two pearls.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 4 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 12
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Border of dots; a crosslet precedes the beginning of the legend on the same line; the last line is possibly flanked by two pearls, with the one on the left appearing more visible than the one on the right
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

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

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1[+]Κ(ύρι)ε
    2β(οήθει) Λέο[ν(τι)]
    3προέ-
    4[δ]ρῳ
    rev
    5+κρι[τ(ῇ)]
    6κὲ ἀναγ-
    7ραφ(εῖ) Κύ-
    8πρου

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1.Ε̣
    2Β/Λ̣Ε̣Ο̣.
    3̣Ο̣Ε
    4.Ρ̣̣
    rev
    5ΡΙ.
    6Ε̣Α̣Ν̣Α̣Γ
    7Ρ̣ΑΦ̣̣Υ
    8ΠΡ

    Apparatus

    3: Dans son édition du sceau IFEB, D.M. Metcalf, de manière erronée, interprète la dignité comme celle de vestès.
    4: Sur celle qui semble bien être la pièce parallèle, El. Stepanova transcrit Δ/.

    Legend and translation

    + Κύριε βοήθει Λέοντι προέδρῳ / + κριτῇ κὲ ἀναγραφεῖ Κύπρου.

    Lord help Leo, proedros, judge and anagrapheus of Cyprus.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Metcalf, Cyprus, 2004, 106 (sans photo).
    Parallel(s)
    Musée de l’Ermitage (Saint-Pétersbourg), M-1988: Stepanova, 2016, 5.
    Further references
    No further references