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Seal of Basil, chartoularios
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 16
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Rogné fortement à gauche ; légère échancrure au sommet du canal ; pressé et tordu au sommet du revers.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., last third-12th C., first third
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Central administration
    Issuer
    Basil
    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 449
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 16
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Buste de la Vierge, orante, portant le médaillon de l'Enfant; dans le champ, traces de lettres indistinctes.
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 16
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Avant le début de la légende, sur une même ligne, une croisette; bordure indistincte.
    Epigraphy

    Images

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    [...?... ...?...]
    rev
    1+ Κ[(ύρι)ε] β(οή)θ(ει)
    2τῷ σῷ δού(λῳ)
    3Βασιλεί-
    4ῳ χαρτ[ου-]
    5λαρ(ίῳ)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    ... / + Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Βασιλείῳ χαρτουλαρίῳ.

    Lord help your servant Basil, chartoularios.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 86 ,
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Commentary

    Footnotes