Seal of Constantine Basotes (?), spatharokandidatos and notariosshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-JrAcZZ

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
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    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
    Slightly indented at the channel openings; worn around the edge; worn surface on both sides; partially crushed.

    Dating

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

    Category
    Central administration
    Issuer
    Constantine Basotes?
    Milieu: Civil
    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 115
    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
    Linear legend of 5 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
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    Matrix
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    Iconography
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    Decoration
    Circle of dots; a crosslet precedes the beginning of the legend on a same line.
    Epigraphy
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    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 4 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
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    Matrix
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    Iconography
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    Decoration
    Circle of dots; after the legend, on a separate line, two dashes between which there must have been a further decorative element.
    Epigraphy
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    Images

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

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1+Κ(ύρι)ε βο-
    2ήθει τῷ
    3σῷ δούλῳ
    4Κωνστ(αν)-
    5τίν(ῳ)
    rev
    6σπ[αθα-]
    7ρωκαν[δ(ιδάτῳ)]
    8(καὶ) νοταρ(ίῳ)
    9ὁ Βασότ(ης)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1̣ΕΟ
    2Η̣Θ̣ΕΙΤ
    3Σ̣Λ
    4̣ΝΣΤ/
    5Τ̣ΙΝ/
    rev
    6Σ̣Π̣...
    7ΡΑΝ.
    8ΝΟΤΑΡ̣
    9ΟΑΣΟΤ
    .

    Apparatus

    6-8: La légende au revers pourrait aussi bien être développée au nominatif, conformément au cas du nom transmissible.
    9: Le nom de famille, dont la lecture n'est pas entièrement assurée, pourrait se terminer à la ligne suivante, par exemple avec un Η placé entre les tirets.

    Legend and translation

    Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ / σπαθαρωκανδιδάτῳ καὶ νοταρίῳ ὁ Βασότης.

    Lord aid your servant Constantine Basotes (?), spatharokandidatos and notarios.

    References

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