Seal of Leo, protonotarios of the Peloponneseshow 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. 32
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-5
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Oxidised; trimmed around the edges; indented at the channel openings; doubly pierced with fairly regular circular holes in the central area.

    Dating

    Date
    9th C.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Titulature, Epigraphy
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Leo (PmbZ: 4503)
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Peloponnese
    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 826 (olim 926)
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Cruciform invocative monogram of the Laurent V type, flanked by the customary syllables.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 27
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 4 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 27
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

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

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει) τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
    rev
    2Λέων-
    3[τ(ι)] (πρωτο)νοτα-
    4[ρ(ίῳ) Πελ]ωπ-
    5ονήσου

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1Κ̣-ΤΟ-Η̣-Β-. Τ-Σ̣-Δ̣-Λ
    rev
    2ΛΕΝ
    3. /Α̣ΝΟ̣ΤΑ
    4....Π̣
    5ΟΝΗΣΟΥ

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / Λέωντι πρωτονοταρίῳ Πελωπονήσου.

    Mother of God aid your servant Leo, protonotarios of the Peloponnese.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Laurent, 1933, 3 (avec photo) = Prigent, 1994, 111 (avec numéro d'inventaire erroné).
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    Le sceau IFEB est mentionné dans , p. 19 = Scholarly Articles 1931-1986, p. 52, no. 3 = PmbZ Online, 4503 .