Seal of Kosmas anthypatos, patrikios, imperial protospatharios and logothetes of the oxys dromosshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-JNDcJv

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 22
    Weight (g)
    6.4
    Channel orientation (clock)
    6-12
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Beige patina, corroded; dented on the obverse, cracked along the channel and effaced on the reverse; weakly imprinted.

    Dating

    Date
    10th c.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Central administration.
    Issuer
    Kosmas
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    ―
    Find place
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    Find date
    ―
    Find circumstances
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    Modern location
    Cologne (Germany )
    Institution and repository
    ―
    Collection and inventory
    Robert Feind Collection S-29
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

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

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 6 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Cross at the beginning of the legend. Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

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    RTI

    obverse

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1Θεο-
    2τόκε [βο-
    3ή]θει τῷ
    4[σ]ῷ δούλ(ῳ)
    5Κοσμᾷ
    rev
    6ἀνθυπ-
    7[άτ(ῳ)] πατρικ(ίῳ) β(ασιλικῷ)
    8[(πρωτο)]σπ[α]θαρ(ίῳ) (καὶ) λ(ο)-
    9[γ]οθέτ(ῃ) τοῦ
    10[ὀξέ]ου δρ-
    11όμου

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1+Θ̣Εο
    2Τοκε..
    3.θειτω̣
    4.ωδουλ̣
    5κοσμạ
    rev
    6+ανθυπ
    7..ΠΑΤΡΙΚ,,
    8.σπ̣.θαρ,λ,
    9.ο̣θ̣ετ,του
    10...ουδρ
    11ομου

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κοσμᾷ / ἀνθυπάτῳ, πατρικίῳ, βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ λογοθέτῃ τοῦ ὀξέου δρόμου.

    Mother of God, help your servant Kosmas anthypatos, patrikios, imperial protospatharios, and logothetes of the oxys dromos.

    References

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