Seal of George, bishop of Ptolemais (Acre)show 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. 37
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Rogné à droite; échancrure aux orifices du canal; en partie oblitéré.

    Dating

    Date
    12th C., last third-13th C.,
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Ecclesiastical seals
    Issuer
    John
    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 801
    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. 26
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Saint Georges, debout, en costume militaire, tenant en main droite une épée, en main gauche un attribut indistinct.
    Decoration
    Bordure.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 26
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cercles de grènetis. Légende précédée d’une croix.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    aὁ ἃγο(ς) bΓεώργι(ος)
    rev
    1Γεώργιος
    2ὁ εύτελ(ὴς) ἐπίσ-
    3κοπος Πτο[λε-]
    4μα(ῖ)δος

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος. / Γεώργιος ὁ εύτελὴς ἐπίσκοπος Πτολεμαῖδος .

    St George. George the humble bishop of Ptolemais.

    References

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    Unpublished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

    Footnotes