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Seal of Georgios Glavas, sebastos
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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. 31.1
Weight (g)
20.86
Channel orientation (clock)
Axis (clock)
Overstrike orientation (clock)
Execution
Struck
Countermark
Condition
Weak imprint along the channel on the reverse.

Dating

Date
1176-1200
Internal date
Dating criteria
Epigraphy, Onomastics, Terminology―
Alternative dating
⸢―⸣ (), based on:

History

Category
{SUMMARY_EN}
Issuer
Georgios Glabas
Issuer's milieu
Aristocracy
Place of origin
Veliko Tarnovo
Find place
Veliko Tarnovo (Veliko Tarnovo)
Find date
Find circumstances
Excavations
Modern location
Veliko Tarnovo (Veliko Tarnovo)
Institution and repository
Regional Historical Museum – Veliko Tarnovo, ―
Collection and inventory
― {IDNO}{MS_IDENTIFIER}
Acquisition

Previous locations

Modern observations

Discovered during excavations led by J. Aleksiev at Tsarevets, site 13, near the Eastern fortress wall, in 1978.

Obverse

Language(s)
Layout of field

Field's dimensions (mm)
Diam. 31.1
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
1 Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ
rev
1 Μ(ήτη)[ρ] Θ(εο)ῦ
2 σκέπ[ε] τὸν
3 σὸν δ[οῦ]λον
4 σεβα[σ]τὸν
5 τὸν Γλαβᾶν
6 Γεώργι{.}
7 ον: –

Diplomatic

obv
1̅ ΘΥ̅
rev
1Μ̅.Θ̣̅Υ
2ΣΚΕΠ.ΤΟ
3ΣΟ.ΛΟ
4ΣΕRΑ̣.ΤΟ
5ΤΟΓΛ̣Α̣RΑ
6ΓΕΡ̣γι
7Ο̣

Apparatus

Legend and Translation

[plain Greek or Latin... text here]

References

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

Commentary

Footnotes