Seal of Marianos imperial protospatharios and strategos of Dorostolonhide empty fields show empty fields
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Artifact

Type: Seal
Matrix: SigiDoc ID: m-izUxvC

Physical description

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
Shape: Round
Dimensions (mm): Diam. 23
Weight (g): 10.9
Channel orientation (clock): 5-11
Axis (clock): ―
Overstrike orientation (clock): ―
Execution: Struck
Countermark: ―
Condition: Green patina, corroded and partially effaced.

Dating

Date: After 971.
Internal date: ―
Dating criteria: Epigraphy, Iconography, Related seal
Alternative date: ―

History

Category: Provincial administration.
Issuer: Marianos
Milieu: *untranslated*; Military
Gender: Male
Place of origin: ―
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Modern location: Cologne (Germany )
Institution and repository: ―
Collection and inventory: Robert Feind Collection S-17
Acquisition: ―
Previous locations: ―
Modern observations: ―

Obverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Legend of 4 lines.
Field dimensions (mm): ―
Matrix: ―
Iconography: ―
Decoration: Indeterminate border.
Epigraphy: ―

Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Legend of 4 lines.
Field dimensions (mm): ―
Matrix: ―
Iconography: ―
Decoration: Indeterminate border.
Epigraphy: ―

Images

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RTI

Edition

obv

1[Κ(ύρι)]ε [βο-
2ή]θη τῷ
3 [σ]ῷ δού(λῳ) Μ-
4[α]ριάν(ῳ)

rev

5[β(ασιλικῷ)] (πρωτο)σπ[α-]
6θ[α]ρ(ίῳ) (καὶ) [στ-]
7ρατiγ(ῷ) [Δ-]
8οροστ(όλου)

obv

1.E..
2.θ̣ΗΤω̣
3.ωδ,Μ̣
4.ριαν

rev

5.α̣σπ̣.
6θ.ρ,S..
7ρατιγ,.
8οροστ̣

Legend and translation

Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Μαριάνῳ / βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατiγῷ Δοροστόλου.

Lord, help Marianos imperial protospatharios and strategos of Dorostolon.

References

Edition(s)
Parallel(s): Pliska, Archaeological Museum, no. 70. − Jordanov, 2011, no. 1165A.
Further references