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Antiquities Discussion Forums => Seals and Tesserae => Topic started by: Safak S on October 11, 2019, 03:10:41 pm

Title: Byzantine Lead Seal
Post by: Safak S on October 11, 2019, 03:10:41 pm

Hi there folks. I have found this seal recently and i did some digging about it on the internet. I have managed to read some of the letters but some of them are not visible so I would like to know about the inscriptions of this seal and which century it belongs to. Thanks for the help

Title: Re: Byzantine Lead Seal
Post by: Safak S on October 13, 2019, 05:09:53 pm

+  :Greek_Kappa:  :Greek_epsilon: R  :Greek_Omicron:
 :Greek_Tau: :Greek_omega_small: :Csquare:  :Greek_omega_small:  :Greek_Delta:
 :Greek_Nu:   :Greek_Iota:  :Greek_Kappa:  :Greek_Eta:  :Greek_Tau:  :Greek_Alpha:
? ?   :Greek_Pi_3:  :Greek_Omicron:   :Greek_Alpha:   :Greek_Tau:
 :Greek_Iota: ? ? ?  :Aupsidedown:
 :Greek_Pi_3:  :Greek_epsilon:

Title: Re: Byzantine Lead Seal
Post by: Gert on October 14, 2019, 10:46:59 am

THe obverse shows Saint Thomas. THe reverse names Niketas, who probably was a metropolitan bishop. His bishopric is mentioned in the last 2 lines. It would help if we knew where it was found.
Regards
Gert

Title: Re: Byzantine Lead Seal
Post by: Safak S on October 16, 2019, 03:28:09 am

Thank you! The seal was found near the beach in blacksea region  Turkey  TIOS/TIEION.I would like to know what is written 4th and 5th lines if anybody can help me I would appreciate