Seal of Ioseiph imperial kandidatos and chartoularios
SigiDoc ID: s-W2Fe6a
Artifact
- Type
- Seal
- Matrix
- SigiDoc ID: m-7m0m5e
Physical description
- Medium
- Original impression.
- Material
- Lead
- Shape
- Round
- Dimensions (mm)
- Diam. 22
- Weight (g)
- 8.7
- Channel orientation (clock)
- 6-12
- Axis (clock)
- ―
- Overstrike orientation (clock)
- ―
- Execution
- Struck
- Countermark
- ―
- Condition
- Corroded
Dating
- Date
- 11th c.
- Internal date
- ―
- Dating criteria
- Epigraphy
- Alternative date
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History
- Category
- Central administration.
- Issuer
- Ioseph
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
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- Collection and inventory
- Robert Feind Collection SB-117
- Acquisition
- ―
- Previous locations
- ―
- Modern observations
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Obverse
- Language(s)
- Greek
- Layout of field
- Iconography
- Field dimensions (mm)
- ―
- Matrix
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- Iconography
- Bust of a military saint holding a spear in his right hand and a shield in his left. Legend not preserved.
- Decoration
- Border of dots.
- Epigraphy
- ―
- Language(s)
- Greek
- Layout of field
- Linear legend of 5 lines.
- Field dimensions (mm)
- ―
- Matrix
- ―
- Iconography
- ―
- Decoration
- Cross at the beginning of the legend. At the end of the first, third and last line is a dash. Border of dots.
- Epigraphy
- ―
- [caption of the image]
- [caption of the image]
- Edition(s)
- Unpublished
- Parallel(s)
- No parallels known
- Further references
- No further references
Reverse
Images
RTI
Edition
Legend and translation
Κύριε βοήθει ᾿Ηωσείφ βασιλικῷ κανδιδάτῳ καὶ χαρτουλαρίῳ.
Lord, help Ioseiph imperial kandidatos and chartoularios.