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Seal XL 73

Record Id:

040-002208897

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-002208860

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000140.0x000153

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Seal XL 73

Title:

Seal of George tax collector (dioiketes).

Scope & Content:

Lead seal, completely disintegrated and turned into dust. The below description is based on the electrotypes (Seal cxii 151 and 152) of the seal made in the 19th century

On the obverse cruciform invocative monogram with letters in the quarters; border of dots. On the reverse, metrical inscription of 5 lines (dodecasyllable with a caesura after the 7th syllable) beginning with a cross, the last line between decorative elements; border of dots.

Obverse: Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ.

Reverse: + Γεωργίῳ εὐτελεῖ διοικητῇ ἀμήν.

Translation:

Obverse: Mother of God aid your servant

Reverse: + George unworthy tax collector (dioiketes). Amen.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Detached Seals and Casts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002207963
036-002208860
040-002208897

Is part of:

Seal XXXV.196-CCIX.1 : Detached Seals
Seal XL.37-95 : LEADEN bullæ, for the most part bearing monograms, of imperial and military officers and ecelesiastical dignitaries of Sicily…

Seal XL 73 : Seal of George tax collector (dioiketes).

Hierarchy:

032-002207963[0113]/036-002208860[0037]/040-002208897

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Seal XXXV.196-CCIX.1

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 seal

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Greek, Ancient

Scripts:

Greek

Start Date:

0800

End Date:

0899

Date Range:

9th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Lead. Description, reading, and dating of the seal are based on the electrotype of the seal (Seal cxii. 151-152).

Dimensions: The seal is completely disintegrated and turned into dust.

Custodial History:

Origin: Eastern Mediterranean

Provenance:

George tax collector (dioiketes), 9th century.Acquired in 1864, transferred from the Department of Coins and Medals.

Publications:

Antonino Salinas, ‘Sigilli diplomatici italo-greci’, Periodico di Numismatica e Sfragistica Italiana, 6 (1874), 216-218 (p. 217, no. 29, and pl. VIII, no. 5).

Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1854-1875, 2 vols (London: British Museum Trustees, 1877), II, p. 821.

Gustave Schlumberger, Sigillographie de l’empire byzantin (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1884), p. 497, n. 1.

Walter de Gray Birch, Catalogue of Seals in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum, 6 vols (London: British Museum Trustees, 1887-1900), V (1898), p. 33, no. 17615.

Friedhelm Winkelmann, Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert. Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1985), p. 134.

Ralph-Johannes Lilie, Claudia Ludwig, Beate Zielke, Thomas Pratsch, Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit Online (Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2013), , no. 2210 [accessed 27 February 2022].

Metadata provided by the cooperation among Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR8167 – Orient & Méditerranée, équipe Monde Byzantin, and the Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies at the Institute of Classics of the University of Cologne. The publication of this item is currently in preparation by the abovementioned team.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Georgius, called Diocetes, creator of a seal, fl 7th century

Related Archive Descriptions:

Seal CXII 151
Seal CXII 152