Seal of N. archbishop of Tyreshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-w3tnda

    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
    Widely trimmed and deeply indented along the entire length of the channel.

    Dating

    Date
    12th C.-13th C.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    *untranslated*, Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Ecclesiastical seals
    Issuer
    Undetermined
    Milieu: Secular Church
    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 1969/860
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19
    Matrix
    Iconography
    L’archevêque mitré à mi-corps, bénissant de la main droite, tenant en main gauche une crosse dont la volute est tournée vers la gauche
    Decoration
    Légende entre deux cercles de grènetis
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Trois tours crénelées percées de trois portes. La tour médiane est plus élevée que les autres; légende entre deux cercles de grènetis
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    a[...tyr]ensis archiep(iscopus)
    rev
    b[Civita]s Tyri

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Tyrensis archiepiscopus. / Civitas Tyri.

    Archbishop of Tyr. / City of Tyr.

    References

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    Unpublished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

    Footnotes