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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-IjVzEP

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 18
    Weight (g)
    4.5
    Channel orientation (clock)
    6-12
    Axis (clock)
    12h
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Corroded and chipped on one side, partially effaced on the reverse.

    Dating

    Date
    11th c., last third.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Central administration
    Issuer
    Anonymous
    Milieu: *untranslated*; Civil; *untranslated*
    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-216
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 3 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Above the legend, a cross between dashes; below, remnants of a decoration consisting of two dashes (?). Border of dots.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Above the legend, a decoration with a dot between dashes. Border of dots.
    Epigraphy

    Images

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    RTI

    obverse

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv

    1Σφρα-
    2γὶς πέ-
    3φυκ[α]
    rev

    4τοῦ κέν-
    5[σ]ορος
    6[τ]ῶν λό-
    7γων

    Diplomatic

    obv

    +
    1ΣΡΑ
    2ΓΙΣΠΕ
    3φΥΚ.
    
    rev

    
    4ΤΚΕΝ
    5.Ο̣ΡΟΣ
    6.ΝΛΟ
    7ΓΝ

    Legend and translation

    Σφραγὶς πέφυκα / τοῦ κένσορος τῶν λόγων.

    I am the seal of the words of the kensor.

    References

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    Unpublished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