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Seal XLIV 13

Record Id:

040-002209395

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-002209383

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000140.0x0003e0

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100147473056.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Seal XLIV 13

Title:

Seal of Sisinnius servant of the imperial Household (oikeiakos)

Scope & Content:

Lead seal. On the obverse, cruciform invocative monogram with letters in the quarters; undermined border. On the reverse, inscription of 4 lines; undermined border.

Obverse: Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Reverse: Σισιννίῳ βασιλικῷ οἰκειακῷ

Translation:

Obverse: Lord aid your servant.

Reverse: Sisinnius servant of the imperial Household (oikeiakos).

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Detached Seals and Casts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002207963
036-002209383
040-002209395

Is part of:

Seal XXXV.196-CCIX.1 : Detached Seals
Seal XLIV.2-154 : LEADEN bullæ of Eastern emperors, prelates, public officers, etc., mostly with Greek legends and religious monograms. Among them…

Seal XLIV 13 : Seal of Sisinnius servant of the imperial Household (oikeiakos)

Hierarchy:

032-002207963[0168]/036-002209383[0012]/040-002209395

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:

0850

End Date:

0874

Date Range:

2nd or 3rd quarter of the 9th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Lead.

Dimensions: Diameter 30 mm.

Custodial History:

Origin: Eastern Mediterranean.

Provenance: Sisinnius servant of the imperial Household (oikeiakos), 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 9th century. Acquired in 1873.

Publications:

Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1854-1875, 2 vols (London: British Museum Trustees, 1877), II, pp. 826-828.

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. 14, no. 17507.

Ralph-Johannes Lilie, Claudia Ludwig, Beate Zielke, Thomas Pratsch, Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit Online (Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2013), , no. 6815 [accessed 03 March 2023].

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:

Sisinnius, creator of a seal, 7th century

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