SigiDoc: Seal of Niketas patrikios, krites of the velum, Chaldia, and Derzene, and anthropos of our holy emperor

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Artifact

Type: Seal
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Physical description

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
Shape: Round
Dimensions (mm): Diam. 23-25
Weight (g): 17.0
Channel orientation (clock): 8-12
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Execution: Struck
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Condition: Struck off-centre to the right on the obverse and struck off-centre to the left on the reverse, with more than half of the field missing; partly effaced.

Dating

Date: 11th c., third quarter.
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Dating criteria: Epigraphy, Related seal, Titulature.
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History

Category: Provincial administration.
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Modern location: Cologne (Germany)
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Collection and inventory: Robert Feind Collection SB-196
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Obverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Iconography
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Iconography: The Mother of God standing, holding Christ on her right arm (Dexiokratousa). Details indistinct. Sigla preserved at left.
Decoration: Border of dots.
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Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Legend of 6 lines.
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Iconography: ―
Decoration: Border of dots.
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Images

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Edition

Interpretive

obv

Μή(τη)ρ [Θ(εο)ῦ]

rev

1[Θ(εοτό)κε] β(οή)θ(ει)
2[Νική]τᾳ π(ατ)ρι(κίῳ),
3[κριτῇ] τοῦ βήλ(ου),
4[Χαλδ(ίας)] (καὶ) Δ[ε]ρ-
5[ζην(ῆς) (καὶ)] ἀν(θρώπ)ου
6[τ(οῦ) β(ασιλέως) ἡμ(ῶν) τ(οῦ)] ἁγ(ίου)

Diplomatic

obv

̅ ..

rev

1...rθ,
2....τ̣αΠ̅Ρ̅Ι̅⸣
3....τ̣rηλ,,
4....δ.ρ
5....Α̅Ν̅̅
6.....Α̣Γ̣

Apparatus

Legend and translation

Μήτηρ Θεοῦ/ Θεοτόκε βοήθει Νικήτᾳ πατρικίῳ, κριτῇ τοῦ βήλου, Χαλδίας καὶ Δερζηνῆς καὶ ἀνθρώπου τοῦ βασιλέως ἡμῶν τοῦ ἁγίου.

Mother of God. Mother of God, help Niketas patrikios, krites of the velum, Chaldia, and Derzene, and anthropos of our holy emperor.

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Seal of Niketas patrikios, krites of the velum, Chaldia, and Derzene, and anthropos of our holy emperor
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