Seal of Marianos imperial protospatharios and strategos of Dorostolonshow 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
    ―
    Find place
    ―
    Find date
    ―
    Find circumstances
    ―
    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

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    Edition

    Interpretive

    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)

    Diplomatic

    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