Seal of Aetios protospatharios epi tou chrysotriklinou and krites epi tou hippodromou
SigiDoc ID: s-3gWJ67
Artifact
- Type
- Seal
- Matrix
- SigiDoc ID: m-HSTSBx
Physical description
- Medium
- Original impression
- Material
- Lead
- Shape
- Round
- Dimensions (mm)
- Diam. 27
- Weight (g)
- 13.3
- Channel orientation (clock)
- 6-12
- Axis (clock)
- ―
- Overstrike orientation (clock)
- ―
- Execution
- Struck
- Countermark
- ―
- Condition
- Dark green patina, corroded, struck off-centre to the top.
Dating
- Date
- mid-11th c.
- Internal date
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- Dating criteria
- Epigraphy
- Alternative date
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History
- Category
- Central administration
- Issuer
- Aetios
Milieu: []; Civil
Gender: Male - Place of origin
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- Find place
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- 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 S_26
- Acquisition
- ―
- Previous locations
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- Modern observations
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Obverse
- Language(s)
- Greek
- Layout of field
- Legend of 4 lines.
- Field dimensions (mm)
- ―
- Matrix
- ―
- Iconography
- ―
- Decoration
- Cross at the beginning of the legend. Below, a decoration consisting of a dot between two dashes. Border of dots.
- Epigraphy
- ―
- Language(s)
- Greek
- Layout of field
- Legend of 5 lines.
- Field dimensions (mm)
- ―
- Matrix
- ―
- Iconography
- ―
- Decoration
- Above, remnants of a decoration; below, a decoration consisting of a cross between two dashes. Border of dots.
- Epigraphy
- ―
- [caption of the image]
- [caption of the image]
- Edition(s)
- Parallel(s)
- No parallels known
- Further references
- No further references
Reverse
Images
RTI
Edition
Legend and translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἀετίῳ / πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ ἐπὶ τοῦ χρυσοτρικλίνου καὶ κριτῇ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἱπποδρόμου.
Lord, help your servant Aetios protospatharios epi tou chrysotriklinou and krites epi tou hyppodromou.