SigiDoc Sammlung Robert Feind

Seal of Theodoros

SigiDoc ID: s-1bsF2x

Artifact

Type: Seal
Matrix: SigiDoc ID: m-rFR3AT

Physical description

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
Shape: Round
Dimensions (mm): Diam. 15
Weight (g): 4.5
Channel orientation (clock): 6-11
Axis (clock): ―
Overstrike orientation (clock): ―
Execution: Struck
Countermark: ―
Condition: Dark grey patina, corroded, well centered.

Dating

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

History

Category: Private
Issuer: Theodoros
Milieu: []; Private
Gender: Male
Place of origin: ―
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Modern location: Cologne (Germany)
Institution and repository: ―
Collection and inventory: Robert Feind Collection SB-61
Acquisition: ―
Previous locations: ―
Modern observations: ―

Obverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Iconography
Field dimensions (mm): ―
Matrix: ―
Iconography: Bust of the Mother of God (Hodegetria) holding the Child in her left arm. Sigla partially preserved at right.
Decoration: Border of dots.
Epigraphy: ―

Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Legend of 4 lines.
Field dimensions (mm): ―
Matrix: ―
Iconography: ―
Decoration: Above the legend, a decoration consisting of a dot between two dashes. Border of dots.
Epigraphy: ―

Images

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RTI

Edition

obv

^a[Μ(ήτη)ρ] ^bΘ[(εο)ῦ]

rev

1σῴζοι(ς)
2πάναγν(ε)
3Θεό[δ]ωρ(ον)
4ο[ἰ]κέτ(ην)

obv

^a.. ^aΘ.

rev


1σο̣ι̣,
2παναγn
3Θεο.ρ
4Ο.κ̣ετ,
5

Legend and translation

Μήτηρ Θεοῦ / Σῴζοις, πάναγνε, Θεόδωρον οἰκέτην.

Mother of God. All-holy One, may you save your servant Theodoros.

References

Edition(s): Unpublished
Parallel(s): (1) DOsealsOnline, BZS.1958.106.4555 − Wassiliou-Seibt2016, no. 2144 (giving the name as Theodotos;
(2) DOsealsOnline, BZS.1958.106.4725 .
Both parallels are from a different boulloterion than our seal.
Further references: No further references