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Artifact
- Type
- Seal
- Matrix
- SigiDoc ID: m-bs0yXP
Physical description
- Medium
- Original impression
- Material
- Lead
- Shape
- Round
- Dimensions (mm)
- Diam. 18
- Weight (g)
- ―
- Channel orientation (clock)
- ―
- Axis (clock)
- ―
- Overstrike orientation (clock)
- ―
- Execution
- Struck
- Countermark
- ―
- Condition
- Légèrement échancré et boursoufle au revers sur toute la longueur du canal.
Dating
- Date
- 10th C., second half
- Internal date
- ―
- Dating criteria
- Epigraphy
- Alternative date
- ―
History
- Category
- Central administration
- Issuer
- Kosmas
Milieu: Civil
Gender: - - Place of origin
- Byzantine Empire
- Find place
- ―
- Find date
- ―
- Find circumstances
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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 419
- Acquisition
-
Donation by Henri Seyrig
- Previous locations
- ―
- Modern observations
- ―
Obverse
- Language(s)
- *untranslated*
- Layout of field
- Monogram of late appearance. The central letter, erased, is surrounded by four pearls.
- Field dimensions (mm)
- Diam. 15
- Matrix
- ―
- Iconography
- ―
- Decoration
- Cercle de grènetis; la lettre centrale du monogramme est cantonnée par quatre perles
- Epigraphy
- ―
Reverse
- Language(s)
- ―
- Layout of field
- Legend of 3 lines
- Field dimensions (mm)
- Diam. 15
- Matrix
- ―
- Iconography
- ―
- Decoration
- Cercle de grènetis; une croisette précède la légende sur une même ligne; avant et après la légende, sur deux lignes séparées, perle accostée de deux tirets.
- Epigraphy
- ―
Edition
obv
rev
Legend and translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / + Κοσμᾷ ἀσηκρῆτις.
Lord help your servant Kosmas, asekretis.
References
- Edition(s)
- Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 79 .
- Parallel(s)
- Hatay Archaeology Museum, Antakya, Laurent, Corpus, 2, 33 ;
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1955.1.778 (DO 55.1-778) . - Further references
- PBE, 1, Kosmas 64 .
Commentary
Footnotes