Seal of the hegoumenos of the monastery of Mount Auxentiosshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-oEbbW1

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 21
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Rogné à droite; échancrures aux orifices du canal.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C. last third- 12th C., first quarter
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Ecclesiastical seals
    Issuer

    Milieu: Monastic
    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 906
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 20
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis. Légende précédée d'une ornement indisctint et d'une croisette.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 20
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1<+ Ἄστυ>
    2κράτισ-
    3τον Ἀνάσ-
    4τασις ἁ-
    5γία
    rev
    6<Αὐξ>ε<ν>-
    7<τ>ίου μάν-
    8δρας μὲ
    9ποιμὴν
    10ὁ γράφω-
    11ν

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ἄστυ κράτιστον, Ἀνάστασις ἁγία. / Αὐξεντίου μάνδρας μὲ ποιμὴν ὁ γράφων.

    Mighty city! Holy Resurrection! He who writes me is the hegoumenos of the monastery of Auxentios.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 280 .
    Parallel(s)
    Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C. (coll. Zacos), Laurent, Corpus, 5.3, 1934, Zacos, 2, 1037, DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1958.106.5527, DO Seals, 3, 74.1., PBW 2016, Anonymus 20124 .
    Further references
    No further references