Seal of Nikephoros Basilios (?) / son of Basil (?) / Basilitzes (?), protospathariosshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
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    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    1-6
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Slightly indented at the channel openings.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C.
    Internal date
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    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Nikephoros Basilios (son) of Basil Basilitzes?
    Milieu: Aristocracy
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    Find place
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    Find date
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    Modern location
    Paris (France)
    Institution and repository
    Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques
    Collection and inventory
    Zacos BnF 116
    Acquisition

    Gift of Janet Zacos, 1998

    Previous locations
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    Modern observations
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    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 3 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Circle of dots; before and after the legend, on a separate line, a crosslet between two dashaes.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 5 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Circle of dots; the first and last line are flanked by dashes.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

    Digital image of the obverse.
    Digital image of the reverse.

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1Σφρα-
    2γὶς Νικ-
    3ηφόρου
    rev
    4(πρωτο)-
    5σπαθα-
    6ρίου τοῦ
    7Βασιλί-
    8[ου] vel
    7Βασιλί-
    8[τζ(η)]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    
    1ΣΦΡΑ
    2ΓΙΣΝΙ
    3ΗΦΟΡ
    
    rev
    4Α
    5ΣΠΑΘΑ
    6ΡΙ̣ΤΟΥ
    7ΣΙΛΙ
    8..

    Apparatus

    7-8: La lecture de la fin du nom de famille est très incertaine: l'espace disponible sur la dernière ligne permet d'envisager la présence de deux lettres, ce qui donne les lectures proposées.

    Legend and translation

    Σφραγὶς Νικηφόρου / πρωτοσπαθαρίου τοῦ Βασιλίου (?) vel Βασιλίτζη (?).

    Seal of Nikephoros Basilios (?) / son of Basil (?) / Basilitzes(?), protospatharios.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Commentary

    L'interprétation "fils de" n'est pas entièrement convaincante pour l'époque du sceau, quand on penserait plutôt à ὁ τοῦ. La première lettre de la dernière ligne est peut-être un Τ, ce qui amène au nom proposé, pour lequel il existe au moins une autre attestation, non sigillographique (voir PBW 2016, Leon 161.