Seal of Leo Choriatesshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-Nag83o

    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)
    ―
    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; sligthly off-centre strike.

    Dating

    Date
    11th-12th C.
    Internal date
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    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date
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    History

    Category
    Private seals
    Issuer
    Leo Choriates
    Milieu: Private
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    Find place
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    Find date
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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 68
    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 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 the same ligne; two oblique dashes appear to flank the last line.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

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

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γεώρ [γ]ιος
    rev
    1Κ(ύρι)ε
    2βοήθει
    3Λέοντ[ι]
    4τῷ Χωρ(ι)ά-
    5τι

    Diplomatic

    obv
    |Γ̣Ε̣||Ρ .Ι|Ο̣|Σ̣
    rev
    1Ε
    2ΟΗΘΕΙ̣
    3ΛΕΟΝΤ.
    4ΤΧΡΑ̣
    5ΤΙ

    Apparatus

    4: La reconstitution de la fin de la ligne est hypothétique.

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος. / Κύριε βοήθει Λέοντι τῷ Χωριάτι.

    Saint George. Lord aid Leo Choriates.

    References

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    Unpublished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

    Commentary

    Le seul autre membre connu de cette famille, l'épi tôn oikeiakôn Nicétas, a vécu avant le propriétaire du sceau Zacos: voir la notice dans PBW 2016, Niketas 20171; voir aussi PmbZ Online, 25809.