Seal of Michael patrikios, krites of the velum, of the hippodrome, and of Boleron, Strymon, and Thessalonikeshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-5hiJJK

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 21
    Weight (g)
    9.7
    Channel orientation (clock)
    1-7
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Partially dented and effaced on both sides.

    Dating

    Date
    11th c., third quarter.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature, *untranslated*
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Michael
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    ―
    Find place
    ―
    Find date
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    Find circumstances
    ―
    Modern location
    Cologne (Germany )
    Institution and repository
    ―
    Collection and inventory
    Robert Feind Collection S_2
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Above the legend, a decoration consisting of a dot between two dashes. Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
     ligature

    Images

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    RTI

    obverse

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1Κύ(ριε) βο(ή)θ(ει)
    2[τῷ] σῷ δού(λῳ)
    3[Μ]ιχαήλ
    4[π(ατ)]ρι(κίῳ) κριτ(ῇ)
    5τοῦ βήλ(ου)
    rev
    6τοῦ ἱππο-
    7δρόμου [Βο]
    8λερ(οῦ) Στρ[υμ(ό)-]
    9νο(ς) (καὶ) Θεσ[σα-]
    10λονίκ[ης]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1Κ̅Εθ
    2..σδ,
    3.ΙΧΑΗλ
    4.Ρ̅Ι̅⸣ Κ̣ΡΙΤ,
    5ΤΗλ,
    rev
      
    6ΤΙΟ
    7δΡoΜ..
    8λεΡ,CΤP..
    9nΟ,SΘεC..
    10λOνιΚ̣..

    Legend and translation

    Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Μιχαήλ πατρικίῳ κριτῇ τοῦ βήλου / τοῦ ἱπποδρόμου Βολεροῦ Στρυμόνος καὶ Θεσσαλονίκης.

    Lord, help your servant Michael patrikios, krites of the velum, of the hippodrome, and of Boleron, Strymon, and Thessalonike.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Feind 2010, p. 151, no. 20.
    Parallel(s)
    Thessaloniki, Museum of Byzantine Culture, BMo 29/5 − Leontiades 2006, no. 17.
    Further references
    No further references