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1[Θ(εοτό)]κε β[οή-
2θ]ει Μαρίᾳ
3τῇ Δαλασ
4σηνῇ
[Μ(ήτη)ρ] Θ[(εο)ῦ]
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1[Θ(εοτό)]κε β[οή-
2θ]ει Μαρίᾳ
3τῇ Δαλασ
4σηνῇ
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Artifact
- Type
- Seal
- Matrix
- ―
Physical description
- Medium
- Original impression
- Material
- Lead
- Shape
- Round
- Dimensions (mm)
- Diam. 15-17
- Weight (g)
- 5.1
- Channel orientation (clock)
- 6-12
- Axis (clock)
- ―
- Overstrike orientation (clock)
- ―
- Execution
- Struck
- Countermark
- ―
- Condition
- Dark brown patina, slightly struck off-centre to the top, blank too small for the die.
Dating
- Date
- late 11th c. – early 12th c.
- Internal date
- ―
- Dating criteria
- Epigraphy, Iconography.
- Alternative date
- ―
History
- Category
- Private
- 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-360
- 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 upraised in prayer (Episkepsis) and the medallion of Christ before her. Sigla on either side.
- Decoration
- Border of tight dots.
- Epigraphy
- ―
Reverse
- Language(s)
- Greek
- Layout of field
- Legend of 4 lines.
- Field dimensions (mm)
- ―
- Matrix
- ―
- Iconography
- ―
- Decoration
- The cross above is not preserved. Border of tight dots.
- Epigraphy
- ―
Images
-
- [caption of the image]
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- [caption of the image]
Edition
Apparatus
Legend and translation
Μήτηρ Θεοῦ/ Θεοτόκε βοήθει Μαρίᾳ τῇ Δαλασσηνῇ.
Mother of God. Mother of God, help Maria Dalassene.
References
- Edition(s)
- Parallel(s)
- (1) DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1955.1.4545 – , p. 448, no. 18; , p. 100, no. 18; (2) Istanbul, Archeological Museum, no. Ist. 657-84. – Cheynet, Gökyıldırım, Bulgurlu, coll. Istanbul, no. 7.32; (3) (4) BnF, nos. 234 and 235 (Zacos Collection). – , p. 448, no. 18; also mentioned in Cheynet, Gökyıldırım, Bulgurlu, coll. Istanbul, p. 651; Laurent, Corpus, 5.2, no. 1472.
- Further references
Commentary
On another seal type Maria Dalassene [1] refers to herself as a nun, with the addition of a in ligature in the legend [2].