Artifact

Type

Seal

General layout

Iconography and legend

Matrix

Physical description

Medium

Original impression

Material

Lead

Shape

Round

Dimensions (mm)

Diam. 33.5

Weight (g)

22.82

Channel orientation (clock)

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Axis (clock)

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Overstrike orientation (clock)

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Execution

Struck

Countermark

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Condition

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Dating

Date

1301-1350

Internal date

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Dating criteria

Epigraphy―

Alternative dating

⸢―⸣ (), based on:

History

Category

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Issuer

Arsenios Tzamplakon

Issuer's milieu

Monastic

Place of origin

Dorostolon / Dristra

Find place

Dorostolon / Dristra (Silistra)

Find date

Find circumstances

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Modern location

Dorostolon / Dristra (Silistra)

Institution and repository

National Archaeological Institute with Museum – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, ―

Collection and inventory

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Acquisition

Donation by Asen Nikolov (Silistra) in 1976

Previous locations

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Modern observations

Although it has been assumed that because A. Nikolov was from Silistra, therefore the seal must have originated from the same place, this cannot be verified.

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Obverse

Language(s)

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Layout of field

Field's dimensions (mm)

Diam. 33.5

Matrix

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Iconography

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Decoration

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Epigraphy

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Reverse

Language(s)

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Layout of field

Field's dimensions (mm)

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Matrix

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Iconography

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Decoration

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Epigraphy

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Edition