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Seal of Elias (?), imperial spatharios and tourmarches
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 26
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Fortement rogné au sommet; décentré vers la droite; légère échancrure aux orifices du canal..

    Dating

    Date
    8th C., second-third third
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Elias
    Issuer's milieu
    military
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
    Find place
    Constantinople (Istanbul)
    Find date
    Find circumstances
    Modern location
    Paris (France)
    Institution and repository
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques
    Collection and inventory
    Henri Seyrig Collection 116
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Invocative monogram of the type Laurent V, framed by the usual tetrasyllabe.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Bordure.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Bordure.
    Epigraphy

    Images

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει)
    rev
    2....
    3ᾳ β(ασιλικῷ) σπ-
    4αθαρ(ίῳ) (καὶ) τ-
    5ουρμά-
    6χῃ

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    2-3: Ἠλίας: Le nom se termine par ας ; parmi toutes les possibilités, Kosmas, Nicétas, Bardas, Èlias, ce dernier nom serait le plus vraisemblable, compte tenu des traces de lettres et de l’espace disponible.

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει / .... ᾳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ τουρμάχῃ.

    Theotokos help Elias (?), imperial spatharios and tourmarches.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 223 .
    Parallel(s)
    Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C. (Coll. Zacos), Zacos, 2, 2661, PmbZ Online, 1482 (Elias).
    Further references
    No further references

    Commentary

    Footnotes