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Inscribed Circular Lead Seal, Side 1 (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Inscribed Circular Lead Seal, Side 2 (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Circular Lead Seal: Seal of diakonos Kosmas
- Date
- Ca. 6th century AD., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- M88.010
- Material
- Lead
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Varia
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
obv. † Κοσ- μᾶ † rev. διακ- όνου †
- Inscription Translation
- “(Seal) of the diakonos Kosmas.”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- MMS
- Trench
- MMS-I 88.1
- Locus
- MMS-I 88.1 Locus 4
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E160.35
- Findspot
- MMS-I, E160.35. Expedition compound.
- Description
Circular seal of lead inscribed on both sides.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.017, W. 0.019, max. Th. 0.0036.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Mentioned by: C. H. Greenewalt, jr., AnatSt 39 (1989), p. 183, and TürkArkDerg 28 (1989), p. 267 (C. Brixhe and A. Panayotou, BE 1991, 510; SEG 39, 1293). Editions: C. H. Greenewalt, jr., Ch. Ratté, and M. Rautman, BASOR 51 (1993), p. 8, with photograph (SEG 44, 974); the same authors in AASOR 52 (1994), p. 8, fig. 6 (SEG 53, 1356).
- Author
- GP