Seal of Leo Hagiozacharites, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Limniashow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-opMQO1

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 26
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Chipped, particularly at the upper opening of the channel; obliterated on approximately the right third of the obverse and the left of the reverse, resulting in the loss of half of the circular legend and the right column of the epigraph on the obverse, as well as the beginning of all the lines on the reverse.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., first half.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Historical context, Titulature
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Leo
    Milieu: Military
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Limnia
    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 506 (olim 585)
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular invocative legend starting at 7; on either side of the iconography, a legend in columns whose left-hand part only is preserved.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 22
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Saint Theodore, standing, in military costume, holding the spear in the right hand and supporting the shield on the ground with the left.
    Decoration
    Circle of dots only very partially preserved; a crosslet precedes the circular legend.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 6 lines; a crosslet precedes the legend on the same line.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 22
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Circle of dots partially preserved.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

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

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    aὉ ἅ(γιος) Θεό b[δωρ(ος)]
    obv
    1+Κ(ύρι)ε βοή[θει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ]
    rev
    2[+]Λέω-
    3[ν(τι) β(ασιλικῷ)] (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ)
    4[στ]ρατηγ(ῷ)
    5[Λι]μνίον
    6[τ(ῷ) Ἀ]γιοζα-
    7[χ]αρίτ(ῃ)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    a|ΘΕ|Ο b...
    obv
    1̣ΕΟΗ(c. 6)
    rev
    2.Λ̣Ε
    3..ΑΣΠΑΘ,
    4..Ρ̣ΑΤΗΓ,
    5..Μ̣Ν̣ΙΟΝ
    6..Γ̣ΙΟΖΑ
    7.Α̣ΡΙΤ/

    Apparatus

    1: Il est fort probable que la légende ait présenté des abréviations compte-tenu de l’espace disponible et de la distance séparant les lettres restantes.
    2-3: La fin du prénom à la ligne 3 est hypothétique, mais il semble bien y avoir de la place pour deux lettres perdues.

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Θεόδωρος. + Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / + Λέωντι βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ, στρατηγῷ Λιμνίον τῷ Ἀγιοζαχαρίτῃ.

    Saint Theodore. Lord aid your servant Leo Hagiozacharites, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Limnia.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references