Seal of Pothos Alyates, protoproedros and katepanoshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-XfsrWQ - PBW ID: 5172

    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
    Slightly indented at the channel openings; worn around the edges.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., end
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Prosopography
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Central administration
    Issuer
    Pothos Alyates(PBW: Pothos 20118)
    Milieu: Military
    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 43
    Acquisition

    Gift of Janet Zacos, 1998

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    St George standing, with curly hair, in military gard, holding a spear with his right hand and a decorated shield touching the ground with the left. Inscription in columns on either sides of the image.
    Decoration
    Circle of dots.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 6 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Circle of dots; a crosslet precedes the beginning of the legend on the same line.
    Epigraphy

    Images

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

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    Ὁ ἅγιο(ς) Γεώρ(γιος)
    rev
    1+Κ(ύρι)ε [β(οή)θ(ει)]
    2τῷ σῷ δού(λῳ)
    3Ποθῷ (πρωτο)προ-
    4έδρῳ (καὶ) κα-
    5τεπά(νῳ) τῷ
    6Ἀλυάτ(ῃ)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    Ο̣̣ΓΙΟ, Γ̣ΕΡ,
    rev
    1Ε̣.. 
    2Τ̣ΣΔ
    3Π̣ΟΘΑΠΡ̣Ο
    4Ε̣ΔΡΑ
    5Τ̣ΕΠΑΝ,Τ
    6ΑΛΥΑΤ

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος. / + Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ποθῷ πρωτοπροέδρῳ καὶ κατεπάνῳ τῷ Ἀλυάτῃ.

    Saint George. Lord aid your servant Pothos Alyates, protoproedros and katepano.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    Collection Zacos BnF, no. 44.
    Further references
    No further references