Seal of Basileios imperial protospatharios and genikos logothetesshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-QoFU6F

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 21
    Weight (g)
    3,7
    Channel orientation (clock)
    5-12
    Axis (clock)
    12h
    Execution
    Struck
    Condition
    Broken in two halves along the thread channel with one half missing.

    Dating

    Date
    9th c., second half – early 10th c.
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy

    History

    Category
    Central administration
    Issuer
    Basileios
    Milieu: *untranslated*; Civil
    Gender: Male
    Modern location
    Cologne (Germany )
    Collection and inventory
    Robert Feind Collection Κr-3
    Acquisition

    Auction

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend.
    Iconography
    Patriarchal cross mounted on four steps. Along the circumference, a circular inscription beginning with a cross at 7 o'clock.
    Decoration
    Cross at the begenning of the legend, border of dots.

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 3 lines.
    Decoration
    A tendril decoration on a separate line above and below the legend. Border of dots.

    Images

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    [caption of the image]

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει [τῷ σῷ δούλῳ]
    rev
    2[Βασι]λείῳ
    3 [β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο) σπαθ(αρίῳ)] (καὶ) γε-
    4[νικ(ῷ)] λογοθ(έτῃ)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1+ΚΕΒΟΗΘΕΙ...
    rev
    2
    3…ΙΛΕΙΩ
    4....ΑΘΓΕ
    5…Λογοθ
    6

    Legend and translation

    Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / Βασιλείῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ γενικῷ̣ λογοθέτῃ.

    Lord, help your servant Basileios imperial protospatharios and genikos logothetes.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    (1) Hannover, Museum August Kestner, no. L433.2015.43, on permanent loan by the Foundation of Lower Saxony (donation Zarnitz, former no. 1002) − Seibt & Wassiliou-Seibt, 2015, p. 66-7, no. 43 ;
    (2) Shumen, Regional Historical Museum, no. 1209 − Jordanov, 1992, p. 282, no. 5 (= SBS 6, p. 87, n. 5). Jordanov, 2006, p. 105-6, no. 8 . Jordanov, Zhekova, coll. Shumen 2007, p. 84-5, no. 198 ;
    (3) Shumen, Regional Historical Museum, no.14842 − Jordanov, 2006, p. 105-6, n. 9 . Jordanov, Zhekova, coll. Shumen 2007, p. 84-5, no. 199 ;
    (4) Shumen, Regional Historical Museum, no. 14964/3 − Jordanov, Zhekova, coll. Shumen 2007, p. 84-5, no. 201 ;
    (5) Private collection N. Nikolov, Bulgaria − Jordanov, 2006, p. 105-6, no.10 ;
    (6) Kherson, Historical and Archaeological Museum-Archive (HIAMZ ), С-75-96 − Alekseenko, 2003, p. 181, no. 17 (= SBS 10, p. 100, n. 17);
    (7) Pliska, National Historical and Archaeological Site (INAR), no. 29 − Jordanov, 2015, p. 239, no. 42 ;
    (8) A similar seal kept in Shumen, Regional Historical Museum, no. 14954/3 belongs to another seal type − Jordanov, Zhekova, coll. Shumen 2007, p. 84-5, no. 200 ;
    Further references
    No further references

    Commentary

    The issuer is known only from this seal type.

    Footnotes