Seal of Konstantinos archiatrosshow 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. 18
    Weight (g)
    8.1
    Channel orientation (clock)
    5-11
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    StruckStruck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Green patina, slightly corroded.

    Dating

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

    History

    Category
    ?
    Issuer
    Konstantinos
    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 SB-140
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
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    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography; Remnants of a legend on either side.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Bust of St Panteleimon holding a medical instrument like a scalpel in his right hand and a box in his left.
    Decoration
    Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Cross at the beginning of the legend. Below the legend, a decoration consisting of a dot between two dashes. Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

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    RTI

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    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    aὉ ἅ(γιος) Παντ(ε) bλε[ή]μ(ων)
    rev
    1Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει)
    2Κωνστ(αν)-
    3τίν(ῳ) ἀρ-
    4χή(α)τρ(ῷ)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    a|π̣α̣|ν̣|τ bλ̣|ε.|
    rev
    1+κε̅θ,
    2νστ,
    3τιν,aρ
    4χητρ
    

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Παντελεήμων / Κύριε βοήθει Κωνσταντίνῳ ἀρχήατρῷ.

    St Panteleimon. Lord, help Konstantinos archiatros.

    References

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    Unpublished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

    Commentary

    An identity with Konstantinos imperial protospatharios and imperial archiatros attested on a seal published by Laurent and dated by him to the 8th/9th c. is ruled out.[1]

    Footnotes

    [1]. Laurent, 1933, p. 40-41, no. 5 . In the PmbZ the seal is dated to the 10th c., see PmbZ Online, 23737 .