Seal of John (?), epi tes trapezesshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-EpyCtc

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 11-16
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Chipped at the openings of the channel, which has caused the sides to bulge; part of the legend has partially disappeared.

    Dating

    Date
    10th C.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Historical context, Epigraphy
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Central administration
    Issuer
    John
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    ―
    Find place
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    Find date
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    Find circumstances
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    Modern location
    Paris (France)
    Institution and repository
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques
    Collection and inventory
    Henri Seyrig Collection 446
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig.

    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Cruciform Marian monogram, Laurent X type (?), with the usual tetrasyllable.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 14
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 14
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Border of dots; below the legend, three dots on a separate line.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

    Seyrig 12 (Inv. 446), obverse.
    Seyrig 12 (Inv. 446), reverse.

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει) τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
    rev
    2[Ἰ]ω(άννης)(?)
    3ὁ ἐπὶ τῖ(ς)
    4β(ασιλικῆς) τραπ-
    5έζις

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1Κ-.-ΕΙ--Θ Τ Σ ̣Δ Λ
    rev
    2..
    3Οεπιτι
    4τραπ
    5ΕΖ̣ΙΣ
      

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / + Ἰωάννης (?) ὁ ἐπὶ τῖς βασιλικῆς τραπέζις.

    Theotokos aid your servant / John (?), imperial epi tes trapezes.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Biliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 12.
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Commentary

    La fonction d'épi tès trapézès est bien connue, son responsable assurait le service de la table impériale, secondé par un domestique tès hypourgias [1].

    Footnotes

    [1]. Oikonomides, 1972, p. 305-306. Pour une liste des épi tès trapézès connus, voir I, p. 239-241.