Seal of Elias, bishop of Lemnos (?)show empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-tdrUNW

    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
    Largement échancré aux orifices et relevé au bord supérieur.

    Dating

    Date
    6th C., end-7th C., beginning
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Ecclesiastical seals
    Issuer
    Elias
    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 140
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 17
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Buste de la Vierge, avec le buste du Christ, entre deux longues croix bouletées. Anépigraphe.
    Decoration
    Bordure.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 3 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 17
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Bordure. Inscription gravée sur trois lignes, précédée d’une croisette.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    rev
    1+ Ἠλία
    2τον Λ<ή>-
    3μνου

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ἠλία τον Λήμνου.

    Elias of Lemnos (?).

    References

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    Unpublished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

    Footnotes