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ID number: BIRBI-SL0016 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: A. A. M. Bryer Collection Artist / Maker: Ioannes Title / Object name: Lead Seal Object type: Seal
Culture: Byzantine Date made: 9th/10th Century Collector: Bryer, Anthony A. M. Materials: Lead Measurements: 2.00 Provenance: Barber acquisition 0167B. Donated by A. A. M. Bryer 1976, found in Trabzon.
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Obverse: Bird, possibly an eagle, duck, or peacock, with pelleting on wing, facing right, with axe.
Reverse: Inscription on five lines, trace remains of solid border.
Inscriptions / Translations: Obverse: None.
Reverse: KE R… / …ωANNH / CΠAΘA / KANΔI/…AT (Lord help John spatharokandidatos).
Notes: Oxydisation. Eruption of string-course. Struck centrally. String course aligned slightly below horizontal to centre.
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