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Seal of Damianos (?), archbishop of Cyprus.
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 22
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Rogné dans sa partie inferieure; échancrure à l’orifice du canal.

    Dating

    Date
    8th C., first half
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Ecclesiastical seals
    Issuer
    Damianos
    Issuer's milieu
    secular-church
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
    Find place
    Byblos (Jbail)
    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 721
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 21
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Buste de saint Barnabé, nimbé, avec la barbe taillée en pointe, tenant les Évangiles. Anépigraphe.
    Decoration
    Dans le champ, de part et d'autre, deux croix.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Marian invocative monogram of the Laurent V type.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 21
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Deux filets.
    Epigraphy

    Images

    Edition

    Interpretive

    rev
    1<(Θεοτόκε βοήθει)>
    rev
    2+ [Δαμια]νῷ ἀρχ[ιεπισκόπῳ] Κύπρου

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει. + Δαμιανῷ ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ Κύπρου.

    Theotokos help Damianos, archbishop of Cyprus.

    References

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    Unpublished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

    Commentary

    Footnotes