Seal of Theodosios Agritesshow 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. 20
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Highly indented at the orifices of the canal; stretched blank; decentered towards the base.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., end-12th C., beginning
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Prosopography, Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Private patronymic seals
    Issuer
    Theodosios Agrites
    Milieu: Private
    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 308
    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. 15
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Saint Georges, à mi-corps, tenant la lance dans sa main droite et le bouclier de sa main gauche; de part et d'autre de l'effigie, épigraphe en colonne
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 15
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis; une croisette précède la légende sur la première ligne; un triangle de perles suit la légende sur la dernière ligne.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    a(Ὁ ἅγιος) Γε bόργι(ος)
    rev
    1+Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει)
    2Θεοδόσιῳ
    3τῷ Ἀγρί-
    4τῃ

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἃγιος Γεώργιος. / +Κύριε βοήθει Θεοδοσίῳ τῷ Ἀγρίτῃ.

    Saint George. / Lord help Theodosios Agrites.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 292 .
    Parallel(s)
    Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C. (coll. Zacos) PBW 2016, Theodosios 20103
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes