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Seal of Eleutherios
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Artifact

Type
Seal
General layout
Bilateral legend
Matrix

Physical description

Medium
Original impression
Material
Lead
Shape
Round
Dimensions (mm)
Diam. 14
Weight (g)
4.7
Channel orientation (clock)
Axis (clock)
Overstrike orientation (clock)
Execution
Struck
Countermark
Condition

Dating

Date
1051-1100
Internal date
Dating criteria
Epigraphy―
Alternative dating
⸢―⸣ (), based on:

History

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

Previous locations

Modern observations

According to Jordanov, it was found in the region of Veliko Tarnovo (without more precise information). There are traces of letters indicating that the disc was struck twice and seemingly the first time by a different boulloterion.

Obverse

Language(s)
Layout of field

Field's dimensions (mm)
Diam. 14
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
1 Κ(ύρι)ε
2 [β]οήθει
3 τῷ σῷ
rev
1 δούλῳ
2 [Ἐ]λευθε-
3 ρίῳ

Diplomatic

obv
1ΚΕ̅
2.Ο̣ΗΘΕΙ
3Τ̣Σ
rev
1
2Δ̣Λ
3.ΛΕΥΘΕ
4ΡΙ

Apparatus

Legend and Translation

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References

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

Commentary

Footnotes