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Seal of Michael
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Artifact

Type
Seal
General layout
Iconography and legend
Matrix

Physical description

Medium
Original impression
Material
Lead
Shape
Round
Dimensions (mm)
Diam. 19.5
Weight (g)
5.58
Channel orientation (clock)
Axis (clock)
Overstrike orientation (clock)
Execution
Struck
Countermark
Condition

Dating

Date
1076-1100
Internal date
Dating criteria
Iconography and epigraphy―
Alternative dating
⸢―⸣ (), based on:

History

Category
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Issuer
Michael
Issuer's milieu
Private
Place of origin
Selymbria
Find place
Selymbria (Silivri)
Find date
Find circumstances
Modern location
Selymbria (Silivri)
Institution and repository
National Archaeological Institute with Museum – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, ―
Collection and inventory
― {IDNO}{MS_IDENTIFIER}
Acquisition

Donation by Trifon Kunev in 1953

Previous locations

Modern observations

It is not clear whether T. Kunev discovered the seal in 1912 and it was again him who donated it in 1953.

Obverse

Language(s)
Layout of field

Field's dimensions (mm)
Diam. 19.5
Matrix
Iconography
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Decoration
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Epigraphy
{HAND_NOTE_EN}

Reverse

Language(s)
Layout of field

Field's dimensions (mm)
Matrix
Iconography
Decoration
Epigraphy

Images

Edition

Interpretive

obv
a ῾Ο ἅγιος - b Εὐστράτ(ιος)
rev
1 Σόν Εὐ-
2 στράτιε
3 Μιχαὴλ
4 δοῦλον
5 σκέποι[ς]

Diplomatic

obv
a Ο|Α|ΓΙ|ΟΣ - b Ε|Υ|ΣΤ|ΡΑ̣|Τ̣
rev
1
2ΣΟΕ
3ΣΤΡΑΤΙΕ̣
4ΙΧΑΗΛ̣
5ΔΟΥΛΟ̣
6Σ̣ΚΕΠΟ.

Apparatus

Legend and Translation

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References

Edition(s)
Parallel(s)
No parallels known
Further references

Commentary

Footnotes