SigiDoc Sammlung Robert Feind

Seal of Petros asekretis and krites of Thrakesioi

SigiDoc ID: s-XRkyLt

Artifact

Type: Seal
Matrix: SigiDoc ID: m-JDVhiu

Physical description

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
Shape: Round
Dimensions (mm): Diam. 23
Weight (g): 9.5
Channel orientation (clock): 1-7
Axis (clock): ―
Overstrike orientation (clock): ―
Execution: Struck
Countermark: ―
Condition: Rubbed and effaced on the left side of the obverse; slightly corroded on the reverse, weakly imprinted.

Dating

Date: 11th c., first half.
Internal date: ―
Dating criteria: Epigraphy
Alternative date: ―

History

Category: Provincial administration
Issuer: Petros
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-198
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 open before her breast. Sigla preserved at right.
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

Edition

obv

^a[Μή(τη)ρ] ^bΘ(εο)ῦ

rev

1Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει)
2τῷ σῷ δού(λῳ)
3Πέ[τ]ρ(ῳ) ἀσ[η-]
4κρῆτ(ις) [(καὶ) κρι-]
5τ(ῇ) τῶν Θρ(ᾳ)-
6κησ(ίων)

obv

^a… ^bΘΥ

rev

1θκ̅εβ̅θ
2τσδ̣
3π̣ε.ρ,Ας.
4kΡΗΤ,....
5Τ,ΤΝΘΡ
6kΗΣ

Legend and translation

Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. /Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Πέτρῳ ἀσηκρῆτις καὶ κριτῇ τῶν Θρᾳκησίων.

Mother of God. Mother of God, help Petros asekretis and krites of Thrakesioi.

References

Edition(s): Unpublished
Parallel(s): (1) DOsealsOnline BZS.1958.106.1139 − DOseals3, no. 2.25b ;
(2) DOsealsOnline BZS.1955.1.2618 − DOseals3, no. 2.25a ;
(3) S. Kophopoulos Collection, no. 37 − Stavrakos2010, no. 2.I.II. 6. ;
(4) Robert Feind Collection, SB-27.
Further references: No further references

Commentary

The issuer is known only from this seal type.