Seal of Joseph Tachaneiotes, magistrosshow empty fields
export as XML | PDF

    SigiDoc ID: s-mzaepO

    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-tIPLNu - PBW ID: boulloterion 451

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 20
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Heavily worn along the edges; bulged along the channel.

    Dating

    Date
    Vers 1060-1072
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Prosopography, Parallel, Titulature
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Joseph Tarchaneiotes(PBW: Joseph 61)
    Milieu: Aristocracy
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    ―
    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 436
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig.

    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 3 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Above the legend, on a separate line, a cross between two decorativ lines; below the legend, on a separate line, a dot between two decorative lines.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Border of dots; above the legend, on a separate line, a dot between two decorative lines.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

    Seyrig 39 (Inv. 436), obverse.
    Seyrig 39 (Inv. 436), reverse.

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv

    1Σφρα-
    2γὶς Ἰω-
    3σήφ
    rev

    4Ταρχα-
    5νιώτου
    6μαγίσ-
    7τρου

    Diplomatic

    obv
      
    1σφρα
    2γισι
    3σηφ
      
    rev
      
    4τρχ
    5νιτου
    6μγισ
    7τρου

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Σφραγὶς Ἰωσήφ / Ταρχανιώτου μαγίστρου.

    Seal of Joseph Tarchaneiotes, magistros.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 39.
    Parallel(s)
    Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C. BZS.1958.106.2791 = DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1958.106.2791 (DO 58.106.2791).
    Further references
    Wassiliou-Seibt, 2016, no. 2483.

    Footnotes