Seal of Theodore Chomatenosshow 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. 35
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Slightly trimmed around the rim; indentation at the lower opening of the channel; two notches at the bottom of the reverse.

    Dating

    Date
    12th C., second half
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    *untranslated*, Prosopography, Epigraphy, Historical context
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Private patronymic seals
    Issuer
    Theodore Chomatenos
    Milieu: Private
    Gender: -
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
    Find place
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    Find date
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    Find circumstances
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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 572
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
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    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 30
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Saint Théodore, debout, tenant une lance en main droite et s’appuyant de la gauche sur un bouclier de forme triangulaire; de part et d'autre de l'effigie, épigraphe en colonne.
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    ―
    Layout of field
    Metrical legend of 7 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 30
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis; une croisette précède la légende sur une même ligne.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    aὉ ἃγιος bΘε(ό)δωρ[ο(ς)]
    rev
    1+Γραφὰς
    2σφραγίζω
    3Χωματηνοῦ
    4τοὐπίκλην,
    5ἀθλητἀ,τοῦ
    6σοῦ δούλου καὶ
    7συνωνύμ[ου]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἃγιος Θεόδωρος. / + Γραφὰς σφραγίζω Χωματηνοῦ τοὐπίκλην, ἀθλητἀ, τοῦ σοῦ δούλου καὶ συνωνύμου.

    Saint Theodore. / I seal the writings of the so-called Chomatenos, martyr, your homonymous servant.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 297, PBW 2016, Theodoros 20125 .
    Parallel(s)
    Istanbul, coll. privée (d’après une note de V. Laurent)
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes