Seal of Symeon imperial protospatharios and kourator of…show empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-cC2HC1

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 11-22
    Weight (g)
    3.4
    Channel orientation (clock)
    3-9
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Broken in two halves along the thread channel with one half missing.

    Dating

    Date
    10th c., first half.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Iconography
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Undetermined
    Issuer
    Symeon
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    ―
    Find place
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    Find date
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    Modern location
    Cologne (Germany )
    Institution and repository
    ―
    Collection and inventory
    Robert Feind Collection Kr-40
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend along the circumference.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Patriarchal cross.
    Decoration
    Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 (?) lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Cross at the beginning of the legend. Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

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    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1[Κ(ύρι)ε] βοήθει τῷ σῷ [δούλῳ]
    rev
    2Συμε-
    3ὼν β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπα-
    4[θ(αρίῳ) (καὶ)] κουράτ(ορι) τ
    5[- - -?- - -]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1…ΟΗθhτC.....
    rev
    2+συμε
    3̣νʹαʹσπα
    4..κρατ͵τ
    5...

    Legend and translation

    Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / Συμεὼν βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ κουράτορι τ...

    Lord, help your servant Symeon imperial protospatharios and kourator of…

    References

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    Unpublished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