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Seal of Michael patrikios, krites of the velum, of the hippodrome, and of Boleron, Strymon, and Thessalonike
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 21
    Weight (g)
    9.7
    Channel orientation (clock)
    1-7
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Partially dented and effaced on both sides.

    Dating

    Date
    11th c., third quarter.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature.
    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_2
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Border of dots.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Above the legend, a decoration consisting of a dot between two dashes. Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
     ligature

    Images

    [caption of the image]
    [caption of the image]

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv

    1Κύ(ριε) βο(ή)θ(ει)
    2[τῷ]σῷ δού(λῳ)
    3[Μ]ιχαήλ
    4[π(ατ)]ρι(κίῳ) κριτ(ῇ)
    5τοῦ βήλ(ου)
    rev
    6τοῦ ἱππο-
    7δρόμου [Βο]
    8λερ(οῦ) Στρ[υμ(ό)-]
    9νο(ς) (καὶ) Θεσ[σα-]
    10λονίκ[ης]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1Κ̅Εθ
    2..σδ,
    3.ΙΧΑΗλ
    4.Ρ̅Ι̅⸣Κ̣ΡΙΤ,
    5ΤΗλ,
    rev
    
    6ΤΙΟ
    7δΡoΜ..
    8λεΡ,CΤP..
    9nΟ,SΘεC..
    10λOνιΚ̣..

    Apparatus

    Legend and translation

    Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Μιχαήλ πατρικίῳ, κριτῇ τοῦ βήλου,/ τοῦ ἱπποδρόμου, Βολεροῦ Στρυμόνος καὶ Θεσσαλονίκης.

    Lord, help your servant Michael patrikios, krites of the velum, of the hippodrome, and of Boleron, Strymon, and Thessalonike.

    References

    Edition(s)
    , p. 151, no. 20.
    Parallel(s)
    Thessaloniki, Museum of Byzantine Culture, BMo 29/5 − , no. 17.
    Further references

    Commentary

    Footnotes