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Seal of Aetios protospatharios epi tou chrysotriklinou and krites epi tou hippodromou
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 27
    Weight (g)
    13.3
    Channel orientation (clock)
    6-12
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Dark green patina, corroded, struck off-centre to the top.

    Dating

    Date
    mid-11th c.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Central administration
    Issuer
    Issuer's milieu
    Place of origin
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    Modern location
    Cologne (Germany)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Robert Feind Collection S_26
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

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

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Above, remnants of a decoration; below, a decoration consisting of a cross between two dashes. Border of dots.
    Epigraphy

    Images

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    [caption of the image]

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv

    1Κ(ύρι)ε β[ο]
    2ήθε[ι] τῷ
    3 σῷ δούλῳ
    4 Ἀετίῳ
    rev
    5(πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ)
    6ἐπὶ τ(οῦ) χρ(υσο)(τρι)-
    7κλ(ίνου)(καὶ) κριτ(ῇ)
    8ἐπὶ τ(οῦ) ἱππ(ο)-
    9δρ(όμου)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1+κεβ̣.
    2Ηθε.τ
    3σδλ
    4αετι
    5
    rev
    6Α̣σ̣παθ,
    7Ε̣πιτ̣,☧γ
    8ΚλSκριτ
    9Επιτ,ι
    10Δρ,
    11

    Apparatus

    Legend and translation

    Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἀετίῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ ἐπὶ τοῦ χρυσοτρικλίνου καὶ κριτῇ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἱπποδρόμου.

    Lord, help your servant Aetios protospatharios epi tou chrysotriklinou and krites epi tou hyppodromou.

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