SigiDoc: Seal of Niketas patrikios, krites of the velum, Chaldia, and Derzene, and anthropos of our holy emperor

SigiDoc ID: s-IKiP7D

Artifact

Type: Seal
Matrix: SigiDoc ID: m-DobFYt

Physical description

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
Shape: Round
Dimensions (mm): Diam. 23-25
Weight (g): 17.0
Channel orientation (clock): 8-12
Axis (clock): ―
Overstrike orientation (clock): ―
Execution: Struck
Countermark: ―
Condition: Struck off-centre to the right on the obverse and struck off-centre to the left on the reverse, with more than half of the field missing; partly effaced.

Dating

Date: 11th c., third quarter.
Internal date: ―
Dating criteria: *untranslated*, Epigraphy, Titulature, Related seal
Alternative date: ―

History

Category: Provincial administration.
Issuer: Niketas
Milieu: Civil
Gender: Male
Place of origin: ―
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Modern location: Cologne (Germany )
Institution and repository: ―
Collection and inventory: Robert Feind Collection SB-196
Acquisition: ―
Previous locations: ―
Modern observations: ―

Obverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Iconography
Field dimensions (mm): ―
Matrix: ―
Iconography: The Mother of God standing, holding Christ on her right arm (Dexiokratousa). Details indistinct. Sigla preserved at left.
Decoration: Border of dots.
Epigraphy: ―

Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Legend of 6 lines.
Field dimensions (mm): ―
Matrix: ―
Iconography: ―
Decoration: Border of dots.
Epigraphy: ―

Images

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RTI

obverse

Edition

Interpretive

obv

Μή(τη)ρ [Θ(εο)ῦ]

rev

1[Θ(εοτό)κε] β(οή)θ(ει)
2[Νική]τᾳ π(ατ)ρι(κίῳ)
3[κριτῇ] τοῦ βήλ(ου)
4[Χαλδ(ίας)] (καὶ) Δ[ε]ρ-
5[ξην(ῆς) (καὶ)] ἀν(θρώπ)ου
6[τ(οῦ) β(ασιλέως) ἡμ(ῶν) τ(οῦ)] ἁγ(ίου)

Diplomatic

obv

̅ ..

rev

1...rθ,
2....τ̣αΠ̅Ρ̅Ι̅⸣
3....τ̣rηλ,,
4....δ.ρ
5....Α̅Ν̅̅
6.....Α̣Γ̣