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1 Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ
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1 Τῆς
2 λαύρας
3 τοῦ κ(υρίο)υ Ἀν-
4 [τ]ωνί[ου]
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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
- ―
History
- Category
- ―
- Issuer
- The Laura of kyr Antonios
- 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 (displayed in the permanent exhibition)
- Collection and inventory
- 90
- Acquisition
-
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- Previous locations
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National Archaeological Institute with Museum – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences 173
- Modern observations
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Discovered during the excavations in Pliska by K. Miyatev, in 1931-1937.
Obverse
- Language(s)
- ―
- Layout of field
- Field's dimensions (mm)
- ―
- Matrix
- Epigraphy
- Iconography
- Bust of Mother of God, type Minimalorantengestus; sigla; Tongues of Fire above
- Decoration
- ―
- Epigraphy
- ―
Reverse
- Language(s)
- Byzantine Greek
- Layout of field
- Field's dimensions (mm)
- ―
- Matrix
- ―
- Iconography
- ―
- Decoration
- ―
- Epigraphy
- ―
Images
Edition
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1̅ Θ̅Υ
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1
2ΤΗΣ
3ΛΑΥΑΣ
4Τ͵ΥΑΝ
5.Ι.
6
Apparatus
―Legend and Translation
Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Τῆς λαύρας τοῦ κυρίου Ἀντωνίου
Mother of God. (The seal of) The Laura of kyr Antonios
References
- Edition(s)
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- Parallel(s)
- No parallels known
- Further references
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Commentary
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Footnotes
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