Seal of Basil, bishop of Kibyrrashow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-SuMNAV

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Droit totalement oblitéré; rogné sur tout le pourtour.

    Dating

    Date
    9th C., second half
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Ecclesiastical seals
    Issuer
    Basil
    Milieu: Secular Church
    Gender: -
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
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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 703
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Bordure. Légende précédée d’une croisette.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    rev
    1+ Βα<σι>-
    2λείῳ ἐ<πι>-
    3σκόπῳ <τ(ῆς)>
    4Κηβύ[ρ(ρας)]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    (- - -) / + Βασιλείῳ ἐπισκόπῳ τῆς Κηβύρρας.

    Basil, bishop of Kibyrra.

    References

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    Unpublished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

    Footnotes