Seal of Leon Blangas, strategos and anagrapheus of Seleukeiashow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
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    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19-23
    Weight (g)
    10.9
    Channel orientation (clock)
    6-12
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Grey-beige patina, cracked along the channel and open on the reverse, chipped on one side.

    Dating

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

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Leon Blangas
    Milieu: Military; Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    ―
    Find place
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    Find date
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    Find circumstances
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    Modern location
    Cologne (Germany )
    Institution and repository
    ―
    Collection and inventory
    Robert Feind Collection S-23
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    ―
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Cross at the beginning of the legend. The last line is between a decoration consisting of a X with pellets in its quarter. Above and below, a dot between two dashes. Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    ―
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    The last line is between a decoration consisting of a X with pellets in its quarter. Above and below, a dot between two dashes. Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

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    RTI

    obverse

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1Κ(ὐρι)ε β(οἠ)θ(ει)
    2τῷ σῷ δού(λῳ)
    3Λέοντ[ι]
    4στρατη-
    5γῷ
    rev
    6[(καὶ)] ἀνα-
    7[γρ]αφεῖ
    8[Σε]λευκεί-
    9ας τῷ Βλά-
    10γ[γ]ᾳ

    Diplomatic

    obv
    
    1+KE,θ
    2 tςδ̣
    3λεοντ.
    4σΤΡΑtη̣
    5Γ
    
    rev
    
    6.aNA
    7..α̣φει
    8..λε̣υκει
    9aστλα
    10γ.α
    

    Legend and translation

    Κὐριε βοἠθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Λέοντι στρατηγῷ / καὶ ἀναγραφεῖ Σελευκείας τῷ Βλάγγᾳ.

    Lord, help your servant Leon Blangas, strategos and anagrapheus of Seleukeia.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    (1) DO BZS.1951.31.5.1316 (former Fogg, no. 1316) – DO Seals, 5, no. 6.1 , also published in DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1951.31.5.1316 ;
    (2) Gorny & Mosch, Auction 141 (10–11 October 2005), lot 3352 (= Scholarly Articles 2002-2006, p. 163, no. 3352 ); Hirsch, Auction 196 (24–27 September 1997), lot 1034 (= Scholarly Articles 1997-2001, p. 228, no. 1034 );
    from a different boulloterion: (3) Istanbul, Archeological Museum, no. Ist. 911-10 – Cheynet, Gökyıldırım, Bulgurlu, coll. Istanbul, no. 3.105 ;
    (4) Antakya, Hatay Archaeology Museum, no. 11175 – Cheynet, 1994, p. 426, no. 57 ;
    No picture available for: (5) Munich, Staatliche Münzsammlung (Zarnitz Collection), no. 564, and
    (6) Münz Zentrum, Auction 100 (8–10 September 1999), lot 818, no. 125 (are nos. 5 and 6 the same?) –
    (5) mentioned in Seibt, 2005, p. 68, no. 50 .
    Further references
    No further references

    Commentary

    The seal issuer is known only from this seal type.