Seal of Symeon, vestarches and judge of Thessalonica, Boleron and Strymonshow 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. 23
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Half the circumference of the obverse is lost, with loss of the beginning of the lines of the legend; reverse partially obliterated on the left.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., third quarter.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Titulature, Epigraphy
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Symeon
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Thessalonica
    Find place
    ―
    Find date
    ―
    Find circumstances
    ―
    Modern location
    Paris (France)
    Institution and repository
    Institut Catholique de Paris, Institut Français d’Études Byzantines
    Collection and inventory
    IFEB 814 (olim 914)
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear metrical legend of 5 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Border of dots; a crosslet precedes the beginning of the legend on the same line.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear metrical legend of 5 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Border of dots; a crosslet presumably preceded the beginning of the legend on the same line.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

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

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv

    1+Θεσα-
    2[λον]ίκης
    3[Βολ]εροῦ
    4καὶ Στρυ-
    5μονο(ς)
    rev

    6[+]κριτ(ὴν)
    7[π]αριστῶ
    8[Σ]υμεὼν
    9[τ]ὸν βε-
    10στάρχ(ῃν)

    Diplomatic

    obv

    1̣Θ̣ΕΣΑ̣
    2...Ι̣ΗΣ̣
    3...Ε̣Ρ̣ΟΥ
    4̣Α̣ΙΣΤΡΥ
    5ΟΝΟˋ
    rev

    6.ΡΙΤ
    7.Α̣ΡΙΣΤ
    8.ΥΕΝ̣
    9.ΟΝΕ̣
    10Σ̣ΤΑΡΧ

    Apparatus

    1-10: Avers et revers peuvent très bien être inversés: ici il a été choisi de suivre la transcription de Wassiliou-Seibt, 2011, 942 .

    Legend and translation

    + Θεσαλονίκης, Βολεροῦ καὶ Στρυμονος / + κριτὴν παριστῶ Συμεὼν τὸν βεστάρχῃν.

    I present the vestarches Symeon, judge of Thessalonica, Boleron and Strymon.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    Le sceau est répertorié dans Wassiliou-Seibt, 2011, 942 .