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Seal CXLVI 65
- Record Id:
- 040-002222405
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002222376
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000773.0x0000c3
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147472462.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Seal CXLVI 65
- Title:
- Seal of an unidentified Byzantine official
- Scope & Content:
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Lead seal
Obverse: St Theodore the General (Stratelates) and St Theodore the Soldier (Tyron), standing next to each other, in military garb, holding a spear in the right hand and a shield in the left, flanked by an inscription in three columns; border of dots.
Reverse: inscription of an undetermined number of lines mostly illegible; border of dots.
Obverse: Ὁ ἅγιος Θεόδωρος. Ὁ ἅγιος Θεόδωρος. Reverse: ...δυὰς μαρτύρων.
Translation:Obverse: Saint Theodore. Saint Theodore.Reverse: ... two martyrs.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Detached Seals and Casts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002207963
036-002222376
040-002222405 - Is part of:
- Seal XXXV.196-CCIX.1 : Detached Seals
Seal CXLVI.37-65 : COLLECTION of bullæ, etc., of the Byzantine period, transferrecl from the Department of British and Mediæval Antiquities.
Seal CXLVI 65 : Seal of an unidentified Byzantine official - Hierarchy:
- 032-002207963[0644]/036-002222376[0029]/040-002222405
- 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:
- 1060
- End Date:
- 1099
- Date Range:
- Late 11th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Lead.
Dimensions: Diameter 30 mm.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Eastern Mediterranean.
Provenance:
Transferred from the Department of British and Medieval Antiquities in 1901.
- Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum Trustees, 1907), p. 428.
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)