Seal of Seutesshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-mFoE3P

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 23
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Very heavily trimmed at the top, deep cuts, oxidizing.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., second half
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Onomastics, Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Private seals
    Issuer
    Seutes
    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 416
    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
    Vierge (?), debout à droite, dans la position de l’intercession, les mains recouvertes par le voile; de part et d'autre de l'effigie, sigle partiellement conservée.
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    a[Μή(τη)ρ(?)] b[Θ(εο)ῦ]
    rev
    1[Θ(εοτό)κε] β(οή)θ(ει)
    2τῷ σῷ
    3δού(λῳ) Σεὐ
    4τῃ

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Μήτηρ Θεοῦ (?). / Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Σεὐτῃ.

    Mother of God. / Mother of God help your servant Seutes.

    References

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    Unpublished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

    Footnotes