Seal of Stephanos ostiarios and chartoulariosshow 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. 22
    Weight (g)
    8.5
    Channel orientation (clock)
    6-12
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Partially effaced on either side.

    Dating

    Date
    11th c., first half.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Central administration.
    Issuer
    Stephanos
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    ―
    Find place
    ―
    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 SB-110
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    IconographyΕικονογραφία
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Bust of the Mother of God holding the Child on her left arm (Hodegetria). Details indistinct. Traces of a sigla on either side.
    Decoration
    Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 5 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    The last line is between two dashes (preserved at right). Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

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    RTI

    obverse

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    rev
    1[Σ]τέφ-
    2α[ν]ο(ς) ὠστ-
    3[ι]ά[ρι]ο(ς) (καί) χαρ-
    4του[λ]άρ-
    5ηος

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev
    1.ΤΕΦ
    2Α.ΟCT
    3.Ạ..OSΧΑΡ̣
    4ΤΟ̣Υ.ΑΡ
    5hΟΣ

    Legend and translation

    Στέφανος ὠστιάριος καὶ χαρτουλάρηος.

    Stephanos ostiarios and chartoularios.

    References

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    Unpublished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

    Commentary

    The legend can be interpreted in two distinct ways. One possibility is that both the dative (Stephanos and ostiarios, written with an omicron) and the nominative (chartoularios) are mixed in the text. An alternative interpretation is that the nominative is used throughout, with the name and the title of the issuer written without the sigma, i.e. abbreviated.