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ID number: BIRBI-SL0020 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: A. A. M. Bryer Collection Artist / Maker: Theophobos Title / Object name: Lead Seal Object type: Seal
Culture: Byzantine Date made: 10th Century Collector: Bryer, Anthony A. M. Materials: Lead Measurements: 2.40 Provenance: Barber acquisition 0172B. Donated by A. A. M. Bryer 1976, found in Trabzon.
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Obverse: Inscribed cruciform invocative monogram - lord/theotokos help your servant. Border visible.
Reverse: Inscription on five lines, within trace of border.
Inscriptions / Translations: Obverse: …Cω …ȣ Λω (Your servant).
Reverse: …Eω…/ORω K…/ΔI T OIK/HIKO/N (Theophobos [?] kandidatos and of the Oikeiakon).
Notes: Oxydisation. Worn. Struck above and left of centre. Inscription on both sides, the top of which is partly off flan. String course aligned bottom-left to top-right on centre.
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