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Seal of Ioannes, bishop of Belebousdion
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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. 28.5
Weight (g)
15.3
Channel orientation (clock)
Axis (clock)
Overstrike orientation (clock)
Execution
Struck
Countermark
Condition

Dating

Date
1151-1200
Internal date
Dating criteria
Epigraphy―
Alternative dating
⸢―⸣ (), based on:

History

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

Previous locations

Modern observations

Discovered during the excavations in Hisarlak fortress, next to Kyustendil, by J. Ivanov, in 1906, 1908-1909, 1911-1912.

Obverse

Language(s)
Layout of field

Field's dimensions (mm)
Diam. 28.5
Matrix
Iconography
{FIGURE_R_EN}
Decoration
{FIGURE_DECOR_EN}
Epigraphy
{HAND_NOTE_EN}

Reverse

Language(s)
Layout of field

Field's dimensions (mm)
Matrix
Iconography
Decoration
Epigraphy

Images

Edition

Interpretive

obv
Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ
rev
1 Σκέποις μ(υσ-)
2 τικοῦ [π]οιμνήου
3 [σ]ὺ Παρθένε Βε-
4 λεβουσδίου ποι-
5 μένα Ἰωά-
6 ννην

Diplomatic

obv
Μ̅Ρ Θ̅Υ
rev
1 .ΣΚΕΠΟ̣ΙΣΜ
2ΤΙΚ.Ο̣ΙΜ
3.ΥΠΑΡΘ̣ΕΝΕΕ
4Λ̣ΕΟΥΣΔΙΠΟΙ
5ΜΕΝΑΙΑ
6ΝΝΗΝ

Apparatus

Legend and Translation

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References

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

Commentary

Footnotes