Seal of Leo, imperial spatharios and protonotarios of Thessalonicashow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
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    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Broken centrally along the channel; heavily trimmed around the edge, with losses particularly to the circular legend on the obverse and the first and last lines of the legend on the reverse.

    Dating

    Date
    10th C., first half.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Titulature, Parallel, Iconography, Decoration
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Leo (PmbZ: 24460)
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Thessalonica
    Find place
    ―
    Find date
    ―
    Find circumstances
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    Modern location
    Paris (France )
    Institution and repository
    Institut Catholique de Paris , Institut Français d’Études Byzantines
    Collection and inventory
    IFEB 790 (olim 890 )
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
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    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular invocative legend starting at 7.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Patriarchal cross on three steps with fleurons arising from the base up to mid-field, to the first transverse bar.
    Decoration
    Double border of dots enclosing the circlar legend; a crosslet precedes the circular legend.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 6 lines, of which the last one is almost entirely lost; a crosslet precedes the beginning of the legend on the same line.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Border of dots very partially preserved.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

    Digital image of the obverse.
    Digital image of the reverse.

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθ[ει τῷ] σῷ δούλῳ
    rev
    2+[Λ]έ[ω-]
    3ντο[ς] β(ασιλικοῦ) σπ-
    4αθαρ(ίου) (καὶ) πρω-
    5τονοταρ(ίου) Θ-
    6εσσαλον-
    7νί[κης]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1̣Κ̣Ε̣ΟΗ̣Θ̣....Σ̣̣Δ̣ΟΥΛ
    rev
    2.Ε.
    3ΝΤΟ.ΣΠ
    4Θ̣Ρ̣̣Π̣Ρ̣Ο̣
    5ΤΟΝΟΤ̣ΡΘ
    6ΕΣΣ̣̣Λ̣ΟΝ
    7Ν̣Ι̣...

    Apparatus

    1-7: On remarquera que l’invocation au datif de l’avers est suivie par une légende au génitif au revers, d’un usage très tardif, comme remarqué par Cheynet, Gökyıldırım, Bulgurlu, coll. Istanbul, p. 352 .
    2: La lecture du prénom est rendue sûre par la présence de pièces parallèles.

    Legend and translation

    Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / + Λέωντος βασιλικοῦ σπαθαρίου καὶ πρωτονοταρίου Θεσσαλοννίκης.

    Lord aid your servant Leo, imperial spatharios and protonotarios of Thessalonica.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    Collection Dumbarton Oaks, BZS.1951.31.5.979, BZS.1951.31.5.1249, BZS.1951.31.5.1327, BZS.1951.31.5.1817 DO Seals, 1, 18.57 = DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1951.31.5.979 , BZS.1951.31.5.1249 , BZS.1951.31.5.1327 , BZS.1951.31.5.1817 .
    Musée archéologique d'Istanbul, 657-277: Cheynet, Gökyıldırım, Bulgurlu, coll. Istanbul, 3.115 .
    Musée de l'Ermitage (Saint-Petersbourg), M-4855: Sokolova, 1986, pl. VII .
    Further references
    Les parallèles de Dumabarton Oaks sont mentionnés dans PmbZ Online, 24460 ; le parallèle ded l'Ermitage est mentionné dans Scholarly Articles 1986-1992, p. 172, no. 7 .