Seal of Theodoros, pantheotesshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
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    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 26
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    A bulge along the edge of the channel, which has partially obscured the inscription in the center of the reverse. The blank had been used previously, as letters are visible outside the seal’s field.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., last third
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Titulature, Epigraphy
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Central administration
    Issuer
    Theodoros
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    ―
    Find place
    ―
    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 331
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig.

    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 20
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Bust of the Virgin, holding both hands in front of her chest.
    Decoration
    Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 20
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Cross at the beginning of the legend; above and below the legend, on separate lines, a dot between two lines.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

    Seyrig 15 (Inv. 331), obverse.
    Seyrig 15 (Inv. 331), reverse.

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    aΜή(τη)ρ bΘ(εο)ῦ
    rev
    1+ Κ(ύρι)ε βο(ή)θ(ει)
    2το̃ σο̃ δού-
    3λο [Θε]οδώ(ρῳ)
    4πανθ(εώ)τ(ῃ)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    a̅ bΘ̅Υ̅
    rev
      
    1ΚΕΟΘ
    2τοσ̣ο
    3Λο..ο̣ω̣
    4παν̣θ,τ
      

    Apparatus

    2-3: τῷ σῷ δούλῳ est gravé avec des omicrons sur le sceau.

    Legend and translation

    Μήτηρ Θεοῦ / + Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοδώρῳ πανθεώτῃ.

    Mother of God. / Lord help your servant Theodoros, pantheotes.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 15.
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Commentary

    Sur le panthéôtès, voir ci-dessus. Théodore est le panthéôtès le plus tardif que connaissent nos sources et probablement un des derniers, car les panthéôtai ne paraissent pas avoir survécu aux réformes d’Alexis Comnéne.