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Seal of Timotheos, hypatos
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 29
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Brisé dans sa partie gauche; échancré à l’orifice supérieur du canal.

    Dating

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

    History

    Category
    Seals of dignitaries
    Issuer
    Timotheos
    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 295
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Cruciform monogram of the Laurent V type, framed by the usual tetrasyllable
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 24
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Couronne de feuillage.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 3 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 24
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Avant et après la légende, sur des lignes séparées, une croisette accostée de deux fleurons. Couronne de feuillage.
    Epigraphy

    Images

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει) τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
    rev
    2 Τιμ[ο-]
    3θέῳ ὑ[π-]
    4άτῳ

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / Τιμοθέῳ ὑπάτῳ.

    Mother of God help your servant Timotheos, hypatos.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Biliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 33 .
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Commentary

    Footnotes