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Seal of Marianos imperial protospatharios and strategos of Dorostolon
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 23
    Weight (g)
    10.9
    Channel orientation (clock)
    5-11
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Green patina, corroded and partially effaced.

    Dating

    Date
    After 971.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Iconography, Related seal.
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration.
    Issuer
    Issuer's milieu
    Place of origin
    Find place
    Find date
    Find circumstances
    Modern location
    Cologne (Germany)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Robert Feind Collection S-17
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Indeterminate border.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Indeterminate border.
    Epigraphy

    Images

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    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv

    1[Κ(ύρι)]ε [βο-
    2ή]θη τῷ
    3 [σ]ῷ δού(λῳ) Μ-
    4[α]ριάν(ῳ)
    rev
    5[β(ασιλικῷ)] (πρωτο) σπ[α-]
    6θ[α]ρ(ίῳ) (καὶ) [στ-]
    7ρατiγ(ῷ) [Δ-]
    8 οροστ(όλου)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1.E..
    2.θ̣ΗΤω̣
    3.ωδ,Μ̣
    4.ριαν
    rev
    5.α̣σπ̣.
    6θ.ρ,S..
    7ρατιγ,.
    8οροστ̣

    Apparatus

    Legend and translation

    Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Μαριάνῳ/ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατiγῷ Δοροστόλου.

    Lord, help Marianos imperial protospatharios and strategos of Dorostolon.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Parallel(s)
    Pliska, Archaeological Museum, no. 70. − , Addenda I, no. 1165A.
    Further references

    Commentary

    Footnotes