SigiDoc Sammlung Robert Feind

Seal of Ioannes protospatharios, hypatos, krites tou hippodromou and of the Armenika themata

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Artifact

Type: Seal
Matrix: SigiDoc ID: m-BqtM16

Physical description

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
Shape: Round
Dimensions (mm): Diam. 30
Weight (g): 14.5
Channel orientation (clock): 5-11
Axis (clock): ―
Overstrike orientation (clock): ―
Execution: Struck
Countermark: ―
Condition: Slightly struck off-centre to the left on the obverse; on the reverse, struck off-centre to the right, effaced at left and open at the lower end of the channel.

Dating

Date: mid-11th c.
Internal date: ―
Dating criteria: Epigraphy, Iconography
Alternative date: ―

History

Category: Provincial administration.
Issuer: Ioannes
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-36
Acquisition: ―
Previous locations: ―
Modern observations: ―

Obverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Iconography
Field dimensions (mm): ―
Matrix: ―
Iconography: The Mother of God standing three quarters to the left, her hands raised toward a mandorla apparently containing the bust of Christ (Hagiosoritissa). Sigla on either side.
Decoration: Border of tight dots.
Epigraphy: ―

Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Legend of 6 lines.
Field dimensions (mm): ―
Matrix: ―
Iconography: ―
Decoration: Cross at the beginning of the legend. Below the legend, a decoration consisting of a dot between two dashes. Border of tight dots.
Epigraphy: ―

Images

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RTI

Edition

obv

^aΜή(τη)ρ ^bΘ(εο)ῦ

rev

1Ἰω(άννης) (πρωτο)-
2σπαθ(άριος) ὕπατ(ος)
3κ[ρι]τ(ὴς) τοῦ ἱππ[ο-]
4δ[ρ]όμ(ου) (καὶ) τῶν
5Ἀ[ρ]μενικ(ῶν)
6θ[ε]μάτ(ων)

obv

^a̅ ^bΘΥ

rev

1Ι̅̅Α
2ΣΠ̣ΑΘ,ΥΠΑΤ,
3Κ..Τ,ΤΙ.
4Δ.ΟΜ̣,SΤΝ
5Α.Μ̣ΕΝΙΚ
6Θ̣.ΜΑΤ
7  

Legend and translation

Μήτηρ Θεοῦ / Ἰωάννης πρωτοσπαθάριος, ὕπατος κριτὴς τοῦ ἱπποδρόμου καὶ τῶν Ἀρμενικῶν θεμάτων.

Mother of God. (Seal of) Ioannes protospatharios, hypatos, krites tou hippodromou and of the Armenika themata.

References

Edition(s): Unpublished
Parallel(s): No parallels known
Further references: No further references