Seal of Joseph, bishop of Tripolishow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-W4xRYW

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 29
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Légèrement rogné et entaillé particulièrement en haut à droite.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., second half-12th C., beginning
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Ecclesiastical seals
    Issuer
    Joseph
    Milieu: Secular Church
    Gender: -
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
    Find place
    Tyre (Ṣūr)
    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 767
    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. 24
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Saint Georges, debout, en costume militaire, tenant en main droite une longue lance, et s’appuyant de la main gauche sur un bouclier représenté comme un triangle.
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 24
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cercles de grènetis. Légende précédée d’une croisette, d’un ornement indistinct et suivie d’une étoile accostée de deux tirets.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    ὁ ἃγι[ος] Γεώ[ρ]γι(ος)
    rev
    1Ἡ <αὐτὴ>
    2σφραγὶς
    3Ἰωσὴφ Τρι-
    4πόλεως
    5ποιμένο-
    6ς

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος. / Ἡ αὐτὴ σφραγὶς Ἰωσὴφ Τριπόλεως ποιμένος.

    St George. This is the seal of Joseph, bishop of Tripoli.

    References

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    Unpublished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

    Footnotes