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ID number: BIRBI-SL0009 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: A. A. M. Bryer Collection Artist / Maker: Unknown Title / Object name: Lead Seal Object type: Seal
Culture: Byzantine Date made: 8th Century Collector: Bryer, Anthony A. M. Materials: Lead Measurements: 2.15 Provenance: Barber acquisition 0162B. Donated by A. A. M. Bryer 1976, found in Selcuk.
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Obverse: Inscribed cruciform invocative monogram - lord/theotokos help your servant.
Reverse: Inscription on four lines, crosslet at end of inscription.
Inscriptions / Translations: Obverse: …ω C… Δȣ Λω (Your servant).
Reverse: …/Iω BACI / CΠAΘA…/Iω + (…ios imperial spatharios).
Notes: Oxydisation, first line of inscription lost. Struck left of centre. String course aligned vertically on centre.
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