Seal of Symeon Marchapsabos, protoproedrosshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-qbTDtB - PBW ID: boulloterion 462

    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
    Chipped and broken in the lower left third, buldged and corroded; slightly chipped at the upper channel opening; in the process of becoming completely oxidized.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., last quarter
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Prosopography, Epigraphy, Titulature
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Symeon Marchapsabos(PBW: Symeon 20108)
    Milieu: Aristocracy
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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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 169
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig.

    Previous locations

    Purchased in Berytos Beirut

    Modern observations

    Originating from Antioch Antakya

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    St Theodore, facing, holding a spear in his right hand and resting his left hand on his sword, which is sheathed; a label on either side of the image.
    Decoration
    Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Above the legend, on a separate line, a cross between two decorative lines; the last line is between decorative lines as well.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

    Seyrig 55 (Inv. 169), obverse.
    Seyrig 55 (Inv. 169), reverse.

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    a[(Ὁ ἅγιος) Θεό] bδορ(ος)
    obv
    1[Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει)] τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
    rev
    2Συμεὼν
    3πρωτοπ[ροέ-]
    4δρῳ τῷ Μ[α-]
    5ρχαψ[άβ-]
    6ῳ

    Diplomatic

    obv
    a... bδ-ο-ρ,
    obv
    1.....σδουλ
    rev
      
    2συμε̣ν
    3̣τοπ̣...
    4δ̣ρτμ.
    5Ρ̣χαψ..
    6 ̣ 

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Θεόδωρος. Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / Συμεὼν πρωτοπροέδρῳ τῷ Μαρχαψάβῳ.

    Saint Theodoros. Mother of God, help your servant Symeon Marchapsabos protoproedros.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 55.
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes