Seal of Basileios Xeros, imperial protospatharios epi tou chrysotriklinou, krites epi tou hippodromou and of the Anatolikoi

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Artifact

Type: Seal
Matrix: SigiDoc ID: m-WGGwLW

Physical description

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
Shape: Round
Dimensions (mm): Diam. 22
Weight (g): 6.0
Channel orientation (clock): 1-7
Axis (clock): ―
Overstrike orientation (clock): ―
Execution: Struck
Countermark: ―
Condition: Effaced; struck off-centre to the left on the obverse and struck off-centre to the right on the reverse.

Dating

Date: Mid-11th c.
Internal date: ―
Dating criteria: Epigraphy
Alternative date: ―

History

Category: Provincial administration.
Issuer: Basileios Xeros
Milieu: Civil
Gender: Male
Place of origin: ―
Find place: ―
Find date: ―
Find circumstances: ―
Modern location: Cologne (Germany)
Institution and repository: ―
Collection and inventory: Robert Feind Collection SB-249
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. Details indistinct. No Sigla visible.
Decoration: No border visible.
Epigraphy: ―

Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Legend of 7 lines.
Field dimensions (mm): ―
Matrix: ―
Iconography: ―
Decoration: Cross at the beginning of the legend. Border of dots.
Epigraphy: ―

Images

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RTI

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Edition

Interpretive

obv

^a[Μή(τη)ρ ^bΘ(εο)ῦ]

rev

1Βασί[λ(ειος)]
2[(πρωτο)]σπα[θ]ά[ρ(ιος)]
3[ἐ]πὶ τ(οῦ) [χρ(υσοτρι)κλ(ίνου)]
4κρι[τ(ὴς) ἐπ(ὶ) τ(οῦ)]
5ἱππ(ο)δ[ρόμ(ου) (καὶ)]
6τῶν [Ἀνατ(ο)-]
7λ(ι)κ(ῶν) [ὁ Ξηρ(ός)]

Diplomatic

obv

^a.. ^b..

rev

1+ΒΑΣΙ̣.
2.ΣΠạ.a.
3.ΠΙΤ....
4Κ̣ρι̣....
5ιδ....
6ΤΝ....
7λΚ....

Legend and translation

Μήτηρ Θεοῦ / Βασίλειος πρωτοσπαθάριος ἐπὶ τοῦ Χρυσοτρικλίνου, κριτὴς ἐπὶ τοῦ ἱπποδρόμου καὶ τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν ὁ Ξηρός.

Mother of God. Basileios Xeros, imperial protospatharios epi tou chrysotriklinou, krites epi tou hippodromou and of the Anatolikoi

References

Edition(s): Unpublished
Parallel(s): (1) DO BZS.1955.1.3412 – DOseals3, no. 86.23 , also published in DOsealsOnline, BZS.1955.1.3412 ;
(2) Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum – Lihačev1911, p. 30, table VIII, no. 23 ; Laurent1936, p. 21-25 ; Cheynet2012, p. 5, no. c ;
(3) Istanbul, Archeological Museum, no. 230 – Istanbul, no. 3.9 .
Further references: Caseau2011, p. 83, no. 2 .

Commentary

The restitution of the missing parts of the legend is based on the parallels. The name Basileios Xeros[1] is attested on many other seals, however the identification of the issuer remains uncertain.

Footnotes

[1]. PBW, Basileios 20228 .