Seal of John Beriotesshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-g62sUz - PBW ID: 4316

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Indented at the channel openings; worn around the edge; strike slightly off-centre.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., second half
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Private seals
    Issuer
    John Beriotes(PBW: Ioannes 20503; PBW: Ioannes 20402)
    Milieu: Private
    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 106
    Acquisition

    Gift of Janet Zacos, 1998

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 4 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Circle of dots; a crosslet precedes the legend on the same line.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 3 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Circle of dots; the legend is preceded and followed, on separate lines, by decorative elements consisting of two dashes in the middle of which, according to the parallel pieces, there appears to have been a dot or a pearl.
    Epigraphy

    Images

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

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1+Κ(ύρι)ε
    2βοήθει
    3τῷ σῷ δού-
    4λῳ
    rev
    5Ἰωάν-
    6νῃ τῷ Βη-
    7ριώτῃ

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1 Ε
    2ΟΗΘΕΙ
    3Τ̣ΣΔ
    4Λ
    rev
     .
    5ΙΑ̣Ν
    6ΝΙΤΗ
    7ΡΙΤΗ
    .

    Legend and translation

    + Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / Ἰωάννῃ τῷ Βηριώτῃ.

    Lord aid your servant John Beriotes.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    Collection C. Orghidan, no. 288: Laurent, coll. Orghidan, 1952, 288: V. Laurent lit de manière erronée la fonction de duc à la place de la suite du prénom après Ι.
    Collection Dumbarton Oaks, BZS.1955.1.3388: DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1955.1.3388.
    Further references
    La lecture du sceau Orghidan a été corrigée dans Seibt, 2003, p. 199; le sceau Zacos BnF ainsi que le parallèle Orghidan sont mentionnés dans BBÖ, 2, p. 39 et n. 68.