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ID number: BIRBI-SL0010 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: 7th Century Collector: Bryer, Anthony A. M. Materials: Lead Measurements: 2.70 Provenance: Barber acquisition 0163B. Donated by A. A. M. Bryer 1976, found in Trabzon.
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Obverse: Inscribed cruciform invocative monogram - lord/theotokos help your servant.
Reverse: Inscription on four lines, remains of border at bottom.
Inscriptions / Translations: Obverse: Tω C.. Δȣ Λω (Your servant).
Reverse: …Siω BAC/…ΛHKO CΠA/ΘAPIω (…sios imperial spatharios).
Notes: Oxydisation, edge partially worn away, cracked, struck above centre. String course runs bottom left to top right.
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