Seal of Andreas, imperial spatharokandidatos and kommerkiarios of Thessalonicashow 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. 20
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Corroded; deep indentations at the channel openings; loss of a small section around the circumference on the right (looking at the obverse).

    Dating

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

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Andreas
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Thessalonica
    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 817 (olim 917)
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    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 and fleurons rising from the base to mid-field.
    Decoration
    Double border of dots enclosing the circular legend.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 5 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Circle of dots; a crosslet precedes 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[+]Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει [τ]ῷ σ[ῷ δούλῳ]
    rev
    2+Ἀνδρ-
    3έᾳ β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθ(αρο)-
    4κανδιδ(άτῳ) (καὶ)
    5κουμερκ(ιαρίῳ)
    6[Θ]εσσαλ(ονίκης)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1.̣Ε̣ΟΗΘΕΙ.Σ̣......
    rev
    2ΝΡ
    3Ε̣̣ΣΠ̣Θ
    4̣̣ΝΙ
    5̣ΟΥΜΕ̣Ρ
    6.Ε̣ΣΣΛ̣

    Apparatus

    1: [δούλῳ] restitué comme mot entier, sans abréviations ni diphtongue.

    Legend and translation

    + Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / + Ἀνδρέᾳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ κουμερκιαρίῳ Θεσσαλονίκης.

    Lord help your servant Andreas, imperial spatharokandidatos and kommerkiarios of Thessalonica.

    References

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    Unpublished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