Seal of Manuel Boïlas (?), doulos of the emperorshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-p4mi6O

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Weight (g)
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    Channel orientation (clock)
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    Axis (clock)
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    Overstrike orientation (clock)
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    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
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    Condition
    Worn around the edge; slightly indented at the channel openings; corroded.

    Dating

    Date
    12th C.
    Internal date
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    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date
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    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Manuel Boilas?
    Milieu: Aristocracy
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    Modern location
    Paris (France )
    Institution and repository
    Bibliothèque nationale de France , Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques
    Collection and inventory
    Zacos BnF 104
    Acquisition

    Gift of Janet Zacos, 1998

    Previous locations
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    Modern observations
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    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with inscription in columns.
    Field dimensions (mm)
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    Matrix
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    Iconography
    Archangel Michael standing on a suppedion, in military garb, holding a sword in his right hand and the scabbard in his left; on either side of the image, inscription in columns.
    Decoration
    Circle of dots.
    Epigraphy
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    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 6 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
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    Matrix
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    Iconography
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    Decoration
    Circle of dots.
    Epigraphy
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    Images

    Digital image of the obverse.
    Digital image of the reverse.

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    Ὁ ἀρχ(άγγελος) Μιχ(αὴλ)
    rev
    1Ὁ δοῦλος
    2τοῦ κρατα[ι]οῦ
    3καὶ ἁγίου ἡμῶ(ν)
    4βασιλέως
    5Μανουὴ[λ] ὁ
    6[Β(?)]οΐλα[ς(?)]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    Ο|ΑΡ ΜΙ̣
    rev
    1Ο̣ΔΛΟΣ̣
    2ΤΚΡ̣ΑΤΑ.
    3Κ̣Α̣Ι̣Α̣ΓΙΗΜ̣
    4̣Α̣ΣΙΛ̣Ε̣Σ
    5.Α̣Ν̣̣Η̣.Ο̣
    6.ΟΗ̣ΛΑ.

    Apparatus

    6: La restitution du nom de famille est hypothétique et la pièce parallèle n'apporte pas davantage d'informations.

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἀρχάγγελος Μιχαὴλ. / Ὁ δοῦλος τοῦ κραταιοῦ καὶ ἁγίου ἡμῶν βασιλέως Μανουὴλ ὁ Βοΐλας (?).

    The archangel Michael. The servant of our mighty and holy emperor, Manuel Boilas (?).

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    Collection Dumbarton Oaks, BZS.1955.1.3389: DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1955.1.3389.
    Further references
    No further references

    Commentary

    Un autre membre de la famille, Michel, titré sébaste, ayant vécu au siècle suivant, a choisi l'archange Michel sur son sceau: voir PBW 2016, Michael 20172; Wassiliou-Seibt, 2016, 1880.