obv
1 Κ(ύρι)ε
2 [β]οήθι
3 [τ]ῷ σῷ
4 δούλ(ῳ)
rev
1 Κοσμᾶ
2 [ἐ]πισκό-
3 πῳ Πρού-
4 σης
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Artifact
- Type
- Seal
- General layout
- Bilateral legend
- Matrix
- ―
Physical description
- Medium
- Original impression
- Material
- Lead
- Shape
- Round
- Dimensions (mm)
- Diam. 21
- Weight (g)
- 6.36
- Channel orientation (clock)
- ―
- Axis (clock)
- ―
- Overstrike orientation (clock)
- ―
- Execution
- Struck
- Countermark
- ―
- Condition
- ―
Dating
- Date
- 1001-1050
- Internal date
- ―
- Dating criteria
- Epigraphy
- Alternative dating
- ―
History
- Category
- ―
- Issuer
- Kosmas
- Issuer's milieu
- ―
- Place of origin
- Pliska
- Find place
- Pliska
- Find date
- Find circumstances
- Excavations
- Modern location
- Sofia (Bulgaria)
- Institution and repository
- National Archaeological Institute with Museum – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Numismatic fund
- Collection and inventory
- 278
- Acquisition
-
―
- Previous locations
-
―
- Modern observations
-
Discovered during excavations at the Palace Square (NW sector, square 2) in Pliska, in August 2005.
Obverse
- Language(s)
- Byzantine Greek
- Layout of field
- Field's dimensions (mm)
- ―
- Matrix
- Epigraphy
- Iconography
- ―
- Decoration
- ―
- Epigraphy
- ―
Reverse
- Language(s)
- Byzantine Greek
- Layout of field
- Field's dimensions (mm)
- ―
- Matrix
- ―
- Iconography
- ―
- Decoration
- ―
- Epigraphy
- ―
Images
Edition
obv
1̣Ε
2.ΟΗΘΙ
3.Σ
4Λ,
5
rev
1 ̣ΟΣΜ
2.ΙΣΟ
3̣̣
4ΣΗΣ
5
Apparatus
―Legend and Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κοσμᾷ ἐπισκόπῳ Προύσης
Lord, aid your servant Kosmas, bishop of Prousa
References
- Edition(s)
- ―
- Parallel(s)
- No parallels known
- Further references
- ―
Commentary
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Footnotes
On the excavation, see AOR 2005 (2006), p. 370-371 (without mention of the seal)