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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
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    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 22
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Largement échancré aux orifices du canal ; décentré au revers vers la gauche; en voie d’oxydation. Lettres grandes et carrées dans une couronne de feuillage.

    Dating

    Date
    7th C., ca first half
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Ecclesiastical seals
    Issuer
    Corinth
    Milieu: Secular Church
    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 104.3
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Legend of 3 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 20
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Couronne de feuillage.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 3 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 20
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Couronne de feuillage. Légende précédée d'une croisette.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1Τῆς
    2ἁγίας
    3ἐκ(κ)λ(ησίας)
    rev
    4+ Κο-
    5ρίν-
    6θου

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Τῆς ἁγίας ἐκκλησίας / Κορίνθου

    (Seal of the) Holy Church of Corinth.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 244, Laurent, Corpus, 5.1, 553 (cet ex. ill.) .
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references