Seal of George Makrembolites, hypatos, judge of the Hippodrome, of the Velum and of the Anatolikonshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-oIIkOA

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 23
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Rogné fortement dans sa partie supérieure; étiré sur tout le champ ce qui a rendu les lettres empâtées.

    Dating

    Date
    1040-1060
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Titulature, Epigraphy, Prosopography, Iconography
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    George Makrembolites
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: -
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
    Find place
    Constantinople (Istanbul)
    Find date
    ―
    Find circumstances
    ―
    Modern location
    Paris (France)
    Institution and repository
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques
    Collection and inventory
    Henri Seyrig Collection 104.5
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 20,5
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Buste de saint Michel, vêtu du lôros, tenant le globe crucigère en main droite et un sceptre bouleté en main gauche; les ailes sont éployées en fond du champ.
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    ―
    Layout of field
    Legend of 8 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 20,5
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis. Légende suivie d'un losange de perles, accosté de deux tirets.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    a<Ἀρχ(άγγελος)> bΜιχα(ήλ)
    rev
    1[Γε]ώρ[γ(ιος) ὕ-]
    2πατος κρι-
    3τὴς ἐπὶ τοῦ
    4ἱπ(π)οδρόμου
    5τοῦ βήλου
    6καὶ τ(ῶ)ν Ἀν-
    7ατο(λικῶν) ὁ Μακρε(μ)-
    8βολίτ(η)ς

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ἀρχάγγελος Μιχαήλ / Γεώργιος ὕπατος κριτὴς ἐπὶ τοῦ ἱπποδρόμου τοῦ βήλου καὶ τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν ὁ Μακρεμβολίτης.

    Archangel Michael. Seal of George Makrembolites, hypatos, judge of the Hippodrome, of the Velum and of the Anatolikon.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 155 .
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes