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1[Β]ασιλε[ίῳ]
2[πρ(ιμι)]κ(ερίῳ) κυτ(ω)-
3[νί]τ(ῃ) πρεπ(ο)-
4[σί]τ(ω) το Π[ε-]
5δ(ι)αδ(ί)τ(ῃ)
1[Β]ασιλε[ίῳ]
2[πρ(ιμι)]κ(ερίῳ) κυτ(ω)-
3[νί]τ(ῃ) πρεπ(ο)-
4[σί]τ(ω) το Π[ε-]
5δ(ι)αδ(ί)τ(ῃ)
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Artifact
- Type
- Seal
- Matrix
- ―
Physical description
- Medium
- Original impression
- Material
- Lead
- Shape
- Round
- Dimensions (mm)
- Diam. 24
- Weight (g)
- 6.1
- Channel orientation (clock)
- 6-12
- Axis (clock)
- ―
- Overstrike orientation (clock)
- ―
- Execution
- Struck
- Countermark
- ―
- Condition
- Green-red patina, partially effaced, blank too small for the die.
Dating
- Date
- 11th c., second quarter.
- Internal date
- ―
- Dating criteria
- Epigraphy, Iconography.
- Alternative date
- ―
History
- Category
- Central 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 SB-28
- Acquisition
- ―
- Previous locations
- ―
- Modern observations
- ―
Obverse
- Language(s)
- Greek
- Layout of field
- Iconography
- Field dimensions (mm)
- ―
- Matrix
- ―
- Iconography
- Bust of a saint, probably St Basil, offering a blessing with his right hand and holding a book in his left. Details indistinct. Traces of a legend on either side: A or B at left and O at right.
- Decoration
- Border of dots.
- Epigraphy
- ―
Reverse
- Language(s)
- Greek
- Layout of field
- Legend of 5 lines.
- Field dimensions (mm)
- ―
- Matrix
- ―
- Iconography
- ―
- Decoration
- Border of dots.
- Epigraphy
- ―
Images
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- [caption of the image]
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- [caption of the image]
Edition
Apparatus
Legend and translation
Βασιλείῳ πριμικερίῳ κοιτωνίτῃ πρεποσίτω το Πεδιαδίτῃ.
Lord, help Basileios Pediadites, primikerios, koitonites, and praipositos.
References
- Edition(s)
- Parallel(s)
- Further references
Commentary
Basilieos Pediadites is well know from other sources: this seal shows the earliest known stages of his career[1].
Footnotes
[1]. PBW 2016, Basileios 106.