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Seal of Niketas, protospatharios, thesmographos, judge of the Hippodromos, of the Boleron, of the Strymon et of Thessaloniki
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 23
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Profondément rogné sur tout le pourtour ; boursouflé le long de la ligne du canal ; pressé et oblitéré à la base.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., ca second quarter
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Niketas
    Issuer's milieu
    civil
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
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    Modern location
    Paris (France)
    Institution and repository
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques
    Collection and inventory
    Henri Seyrig Collection 452
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 23
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis ; légende précédée d'une croisette et surmontée d’une perle accostée de deux tirets.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 23
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis. La première ligne de la légende est surmontée d'une perle accostée de deux tirets.
    Epigraphy

    Images

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1<+> Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει)
    2<τ>ῷ σῷ δού(λῳ)
    3<Νι>κήτα (πρωτο)-
    4<σ>παθα[ρ(ίῳ)]
    5<θ>εσμογ(ράφῳ)
    rev
    6κριτ<ῇ>
    7[ἐ]πι τ(οῦ) Ἱππ<ο>-
    8[δ]ρ(όμου) Βολ(ε)[ρ(οῦ)]
    9Στρυμ(όνος) [(καὶ)]
    10Θεσ(σ)α[λ(ονίκης)]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικήτα πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ θεσμογράφῳ κριτῇ ἐπι τοῦ Ἱπποδρόμου Βολεροῦ Στρυμόνος καὶ Θεσσαλονίκης .

    Lord help your servant Niketas, protospatharios, thesmographos , judge of the Hippodromos, of the Boleron, of the Strymon et of Thessaloniki.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 197 .
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Commentary

    Footnotes