Seal of Kale Brachamina, protospatharissa and strategissashow empty fields
export as XML | PDF

    SigiDoc ID: s-EW0fHy

    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-s4xqDQ

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 27
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Obverse off-center to the right; reverse off-center to the right; nice strike, but the letters at the end of the legend have been slightly pressed.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., ca second quarter
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    *untranslated*, Prosopography, Epigraphy, Historical context
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Private patronymic seals
    Issuer
    Kale Brachamina
    Milieu: Private
    Gender: -
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
    Find place
    ―
    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 168
    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. 23
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Vierge à mi-corps, tenant l’Enfant sur le bras gauche. Elle a le visage légèrement de profil tourné vers l’Enfant; de part et d'autre de l'effigie, sigle.
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    ―
    Layout of field
    Legend of 6 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 23
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis; une croisette précède la légende sur une même ligne.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    aΜή(τη)ρ bΘ(εο)ῦ
    rev
    1+Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει)
    2τῇ σῇ δούλ(ῃ)
    3Καλ(ῇ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(α)-
    4ρέ(ᾳ) (καὶ) στρ(α)τη-
    5γίσ(σ)ᾳ τ(ῇ) Βρ(α)χ-
    6αμήνᾳ

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. / + Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῇ σῇ δούλῃ Καλῇ πρωτοσπαθαρέᾳ καὶ στρατηγίσσᾳ τῇ Βραχαμήνᾳ.

    Mother of God. / Mother of God help your servant Kale, Brachamena, protospatharissa and strategissa.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 296, PBW 2016, Kale 20101 .
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes