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Seal of John III, patriarch of Antioch
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 44
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Rogné et oblitéré à droite; troué en bas à droite.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., beginning
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Ecclesiastical seals
    Issuer
    John
    Issuer's milieu
    secular-church
    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 760
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Saint Pierre nimbé, debout, tenant en main droite une longue croix.
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 6 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis. Légende précédée d’une étoile à huit branches accostée de deux tirets ; la dernière ligne est encadrée par deux étoiles de même type.
    Epigraphy

    Images

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1[+ ] Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ <σῷ δούλῳ>
    obv
    Ὁ ἅγιος [Π]έτρος
    rev
    2Ἰωάνν(ῃ)
    3πατριάρχ(ῃ)
    4Θ(εο)υπ[ό]λεως
    5[μ]εγ[ά]λης
    6Ἀντιοχε-
    7ίας

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Πέτρος. Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. / + Ἰωάννῃ πατριάρχῃ Θεουπόλεως μεγάλης Ἀντιοχείας.

    St. Peter. Lord help your servant, John, patriarch of Theoupolis, Antioch the Great.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 233b, Laurent, Corpus, 5.2, 1517 (cet ex. ill.), PBW 2016, Ioannes 20166 .
    Parallel(s)
    Collection Seyrig (Paris), 192: Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 233a = SigiDoc IDXXXX
    Further references
    No further references

    Commentary

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