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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-XGBAid

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 15-17
    Weight (g)
    5.1
    Channel orientation (clock)
    6-12
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Dark brown patina, slightly struck off-centre to the top, blank too small for the die.

    Dating

    Date
    Late 11th c. – early 12th c.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Iconography
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Private
    Issuer
    Maria Dalassene
    Milieu: Private
    Gender: Female
    Place of origin
    ―
    Find place
    ―
    Find date
    ―
    Find circumstances
    ―
    Modern location
    Cologne (Germany )
    Institution and repository
    ―
    Collection and inventory
    Robert Feind Collection SB-360
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Bust of the Mother of God with her hands upraised in prayer (Episkepsis) and the medallion of Christ before her. Sigla on either side.
    Decoration
    Border of tight dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    The cross above is not preserved. Border of tight dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

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    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    [Μ(ήτη)ρ] Θ[(εο)ῦ]
    rev
    1[Θ(εοτό)]κε β[οή-
    2θ]ει Μαρίᾳ
    3τῇ Δαλασ-
    4σηνῇ

    Diplomatic

    obv
    .. Θ̣.
    rev

    1.KΕ..
    2.ΕΙΜΑΡΙΑ
    3ΤΗΔΑΛΑC
    4CΗΝΗ

    Legend and translation

    Μήτηρ Θεοῦ / Θεοτόκε βοήθει Μαρίᾳ τῇ Δαλασσηνῇ.

    Mother of God. Mother of God, help Maria Dalassene.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    (1) DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1955.1.4545 – Cheynet, 2008d, p. 448, no. 18; Cheynet, Vannier 1986, p. 100, no. 18 ;
    (2) Istanbul, Archeological Museum, no. Ist. 657-84. – Cheynet, Gökyıldırım, Bulgurlu, coll. Istanbul, no. 7.32 ;
    (3) (4) BnF, nos. 234 and 235 (Zacos Collection). – Cheynet, 2008d, p. 448, no. 18 ; also mentioned in Cheynet, Gökyıldırım, Bulgurlu, coll. Istanbul, p. 651 ; Laurent, Corpus, 5.2, no. 1472 .
    Further references
    No further references

    Commentary

    On another seal type Maria Dalassene [1], refers to herself as a nun, with the addition of Α in ligature in the legend [2].