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[Μή(τη)ρ] Θ[(εο)ῦ]
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2 [φ]αν(...) [.]α
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Artifact
- Type
- Seal
- General layout
- Iconography and legend
- Matrix
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Physical description
- Medium
- Original impression
- Material
- Lead
- Shape
- Round
- Dimensions (mm)
- Diam. 21
- Weight (g)
- 7.06
- Channel orientation (clock)
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- Axis (clock)
- ―
- Overstrike orientation (clock)
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- Execution
- Struck
- Countermark
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- Condition
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Dating
- Date
- 1101-1200
- Internal date
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- Dating criteria
- Epigraphy
- Alternative dating
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History
- Category
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- Issuer
- Stephanos
- Issuer's milieu
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- Place of origin
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- Find place
- ―
- Find date
- Find circumstances
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- Modern location
- Sofia (Bulgaria)
- Institution and repository
- National Archaeological Institute with Museum – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Numismatic fund
- Collection and inventory
- 181
- Acquisition
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- Previous locations
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- Modern observations
-
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Obverse
- Language(s)
- ―
- Layout of field
- Field's dimensions (mm)
- ―
- Matrix
- Epigraphy
- Iconography
- Bust of Mother of God, type Nikopoios; sigla
- Decoration
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- Epigraphy
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Reverse
- Language(s)
- Byzantine Greek
- Layout of field
- Field's dimensions (mm)
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- Matrix
- ―
- Iconography
- ―
- Decoration
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- Epigraphy
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Images
Edition
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2̣ΣΤΕ
3.Α͂, .̄ Α̣
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Apparatus
―Legend and Translation
Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Στέφανος […]
Mother of God. Stephanos […]
References
- Edition(s)
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- Parallel(s)
- No parallels known
- Further references
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Commentary
The name could be reconstructed either in Nominative - Στέ[φ]αν(ος), or in Genitive - Στε[φ]άν(ου), or in Dative – Στε[φ]άν(ῳ). The Nominative seems more plausible, if one accepts that the following word is a family name ending in sigma, which, however, is not certain at all.
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