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Seal of Therdatos hypatos
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 21
    Weight (g)
    7.7
    Channel orientation (clock)
    6-12
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Red-green patina, corroded, slightly struck off-centre to the top, effaced

    Dating

    Date
    11th c., second half.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Iconography
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Issuer's milieu
    Place of origin
    Find place
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    Modern location
    Cologne (Germany)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Robert Feind Collection SB-32
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Bust of the Mother of God with her hands open before her breast. Sigla preserved at left.
    Decoration
    Border of dots.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Above the legend, remnants of a decoration consisting of a cross of dots set between two dashes. Τhe last line between two dashes. Border of dots.
    Epigraphy

    Images

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    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    Μ(ήτη)ρ [Θ(εο)ῦ]
    rev

    1[Θ]ηρ-
    2δάτο-
    3ς ὕπατ-
    4ος

    Diplomatic

    obv
    ̅ ...
    rev
    
    1.ΗΡ
    2ΔΑτΟ
    3ΣυΠΑΤ
    4ΟΣ

    Apparatus

    Legend and translation

    Θηρδάτος ὕπατος.

    Therdatos hypatos.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Commentary

    Footnotes