Seal of Theodore Proteuonshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-PYRhhv

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 24
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Trimmed around the edges; partially obliterated on both sides.

    Dating

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

    History

    Category
    Private patronymic seals
    Issuer
    Theodore Proteuon
    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 713
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Buste de la Vierge Hodègètria, avec l’Enfant sur le bras gauche. Légende illisible.
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

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

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    c. 2 - 3 c. 2
    rev
    1<+><Λ>[ό]γ<ων>
    2[σ]φράγ[ισ(μα)]
    3τοῦ Θ(εο)ῦ τ(ὴν) μ(ητέ)ρ<α>
    4πλοῦτ(ος) κρ[άτ(ος)]
    5σὲ Θεόδ(ω)[ρ(ος)]
    6Πρωτέβ-
    7ων

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    ... / Λόγων σφράγισμα τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν μητέρα πλοῦτος κράτος σὲ Θεόδωρος Πρωτέβων.

    ... / Theodoros Proteuon calls you, mother of God, the sealing of his words, riches and power.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 316 .
    Parallel(s)
    Ermitage (très proche).
    Further references

    Footnotes