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Seal CLIII 10

Record Id:

040-002223163

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-002223161

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000773.0x000378

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100147472202.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Seal CLIII 10

Title:

Seal of Michael, metropolitan of Caria

Scope & Content:

Lead seal of Michael metropolitan of Caria, on the obverse inscription of 4 lines probably preceded by a crosslet and followed by decorative elements; on the reverse inscription of 4 lines preceded by decorative elements. Wreath border.

Obverse: + Θεοτόκε βοήθη Μιχαήλ.

Reverse: μητροπολίτῃ Καρίας.

Translation:

Obverse: Mother of God aid Michael

Reverse: metropolitan bishop of Caria.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Detached Seals and Casts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002207963
036-002223161
040-002223163

Is part of:

Seal XXXV.196-CCIX.1 : Detached Seals
Seal CLIII.9-19 : MISCELLANEOUS LEADEN SEALS and bullae. Transferred from the Department of Coins and Medals.

Seal CLIII 10 : Seal of Michael, metropolitan of Caria

Hierarchy:

032-002207963[0711]/036-002223161[0002]/040-002223163

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:

0700

End Date:

0799

Date Range:

8th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Lead.

Dimensions: Diameter 25 mm.

Custodial History:

Origin: Caria.

Provenance: Michael, metropolitan bishop of Caria. 8thcentury.

Transferred from the Department of Coins and Medals in 1907.

Publications:

Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum, 1912), p. 303.

Vitalien Laurent, Le Corpus des sceaux de l'Empire byzantin, V.1 (Paris: Éditions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1963), p. 380, no. 517.

John W. Nesbitt, ‘Byzantine Lead Seals from Aphrodisias’, Dumbarton Oaks Papers, 37 (1983), 159-164, p. 160.

Ralph-Johannes Lilie, Claudia Ludwig, Beate Zielke, and Thomas Pratsch, Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit Online (Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2013), , no. 5021 [accessed 2 May 2021].

Hugh G. Jeffery, ‘New Lead Seals from Aphrodisias’, Dumbarton Oaks Papers, 73 (2019), 127-140, p. 133.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Related Material:

For a specimen of the same issuer see also Seal XCVIII 96.