Seal of Eleutherios Apodalasshow 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. 21
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Notched and nicked at channel openings; oxidizing; worn.

    Dating

    Date
    1060-1090
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    *untranslated*, Prosopography, Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Private patronymic seals
    Issuer
    Eleutherios Apodalas
    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 666
    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
    Buste de la Vierge, orante, sans le médaillon, au type de la Blachernitissa; de part et d'autre de l'effigie, sigle.
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 15
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis; avant la légende, sur une ligne séparée, une croisette accostée de tirets; la dernière ligne de la légende est accostée de tirets.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ
    rev
    1Θ(εοτό)κε βο-
    2ήθει 'Ελευ-
    3θερίῳ το
    4Ἀποδά-
    5λᾳ

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. / Θεοτόκε βοήθει Ἐλευθερίῳ το Ἀποδάλᾳ.

    Mother of God. / Mother of God help Eleutherios Apodalas.

    References

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    Unpublished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

    Footnotes