Seal of Petros hypatos and epi ton barbaron
SigiDoc ID: s-ewki5b
Artifact
- Type
- Seal
- Matrix
- SigiDoc ID: m-1G8G5f
Physical description
- Medium
- Original impression
- Material
- Lead
- Shape
- Round
- Dimensions (mm)
- Diam. 16-26
- Weight (g)
- 8.2
- Channel orientation (clock)
- 6-12
- Axis (clock)
- ―
- Overstrike orientation (clock)
- ―
- Execution
- Struck
- Countermark
- ―
- Condition
- Orange-beige patina, broken in two halves along the thread channel with one half missing.
Dating
- Date
- 10th c.
- Internal date
- ―
- Dating criteria
- Iconography
- Alternative date
- ―
History
- Category
- Central administration.
- Issuer
- Petros
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 SB-260
- Acquisition
- ―
- Previous locations
- ―
- Modern observations
- ―
Obverse
- Language(s)
- Greek
- Layout of field
- Iconography; Within concentric circles of dots, remnants of a circular inscription begin at 12 o'clock.
- Field dimensions (mm)
- ―
- Matrix
- ―
- Iconography
- A griffin turned toward right.
- Decoration
- Border of dots.
- Epigraphy
- ―
- Language(s)
- Greek
- Layout of field
- Iconography; Along the circumference, within concentric circles of dots, remnants of a circular inscription begin at 12 o'clock.
- Field dimensions (mm)
- ―
- Matrix
- ―
- Iconography
- A bird, likely a peacock, turned toward right, holding a branch or a tendril in its beak.
- Decoration
- Border of dots.
- Epigraphy
- ―
- [caption of the image]
- [caption of the image]
- Edition(s)
- Unpublished
- Parallel(s)
- NBS Auctions, Web Auction 11 (19–20 February 2022), lot 515.
- Further references
- No further references
Reverse
Images
RTI
Edition
Legend and translation
Πέτρῳ ὑπάτῳ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν βαρβάρων / Πέτρῳ ὑπάτῳ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν βαρβάρων.
Petros hypatos and epi ton barbaron. Petros hypatos and epi ton barbaron.
References
Commentary
The restitution of the circular inscription is based on the parallel. There is a whole series of other seals (with different iconography) naming a Petros hypatos and epi ton barbaron.[1]
Footnotes
[1]. DOsealsOnline, BZS.1951.31.5.2593 , also published in Zacos1, no. 3003a-c . On the office see also Sode2019 .