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Seal of Kallinikos monachos
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 25
    Weight (g)
    12
    Channel orientation (clock)
    6-12
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Grey patina, struck off-centre to the top, weakly imprinted.

    Dating

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

    History

    Category
    Ecclesiastical
    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-475
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Bust of the archangel Michael with loros holding a trefoil (?) sceptre in his right hand and a globus in his left. Remnants of a legend at right.
    Decoration
    Border of dots.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cross at the beginning of the legend. Above, a partially preserved decoration consisting of a dot between two dashes. Border of dots.
    Epigraphy

    Images

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    Edition

    Interpretive

    rev

    1Κ(ύρι)ε, β(οή)θ(ει)
    2τῷ σῷ δού(λῳ)
    3Καλινῖ-
    4κo μον(α)-
    5χ(ῷ)

    Diplomatic

    rev
    
    1+ΚΕRθ,
    2TΣΔ
    3KAΛINI
    4KΟMON
    5X

    Apparatus

    Legend and translation

    Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Καλινῖκo μοναχῷ.

    Lord, help your servant Kallinikos monachos.

    References

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    Unpublished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

    Commentary

    Footnotes