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Seal of the Laura of kyr Antonios
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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. 25
Weight (g)
7.75
Channel orientation (clock)
Axis (clock)
Overstrike orientation (clock)
Execution
Struck
Countermark
Condition

Dating

Date
1026-1075
Internal date
Dating criteria
Epigraphy―
Alternative dating
⸢―⸣ (), based on:

History

Category
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Issuer
The Laura of kyr Antonios
Issuer's milieu
Monastic
Place of origin
Pliska
Find place
Pliska (Pliska)
Find date
Find circumstances
Excavations
Modern location
Pliska (Pliska)
Institution and repository
National Archaeological Institute with Museum – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Exhibition
Collection and inventory
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Acquisition

Previous locations

Modern observations

Discovered during the excavations in Pliska by K. Miyatev, in 1931-1937.

Obverse

Language(s)
Layout of field

Field's dimensions (mm)
Diam. 25
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 Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ
rev
1 Τῆς
2 λαύρας
3 τοῦ κ(υρίο)υ Ἀν-
4 [τ]ωνί[ου]

Diplomatic

obv
1̅ Θ̅Υ
rev
1
2ΤΗΣ
3ΛΑΥΑΣ
4Τ͵ΥΑΝ
5.Ι.
6

Apparatus

Legend and Translation

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References

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

Commentary

Footnotes