Seal of Chrestos apo eparchonshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-6K70Ll

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 22
    Weight (g)
    9.1
    Channel orientation (clock)
    6-12
    Execution
    Struck
    Condition
    Corroded, small portion of channel open at the lower end of the obverse.

    Dating

    Date
    early 7th c.
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Chrestos (PmbZ: Chrestos 1077; )
    Milieu: Private
    Gender: Male
    Modern location
    Cologne (Germany )
    Collection and inventory
    Robert Feind Collection SB-265

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Iconography, Legend.
    Iconography
    Bust of the Mother of God holding the Child in her left arm. In the field on either side, a palm or cypress tree.
    Decoration
    Wreath border.

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Decoration
    Cross at the beginning of the legend. Wreath border.

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    Edition

    Interpretive

    rev
    1Χρ[η]σ-
    2τοῦ ἀπὸ
    3ἐπάρ-
    4[χ]ων

    Diplomatic

    rev
    5+χρḥσ
    6τπο
    7επρ
    8χ̣ων

    Legend and translation

    Χρηστοῦ ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων.

    (Seal of) Chrestos apo eparchon.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Parallel(s)
    Bucharest, Institute of Archaeology (Ion Mititelu Collection) – Barnea , Noi sigilii, no. 4 (= SBS 5, 1998, p. 90, no. 4) − Barnea, 1966, no. 4 (= SBS 5, 1998, p. 90, no. 4).
    Further references
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