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Corinth Object: MF 2009 10
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 2009 10
Title:   LEAD SEAL
Category Code:   MF
Year:   2009
Object Number:   10
Description:   Circular lead seal. Stringhole down axis.
Writing:   stamp. Obverse: bird, raised dots on torso (?), encircled by Kyrie boethei to so doulo. Reverse: in Greek Nik(ē)ta / B(asilikōi) spath(a)r(o)k/(a)[n]didatōi k[ai] / kommerki[a]/ri(ōi) Theca[l](onikis) . The text is encircled by raised dots.
Material:   Lead
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact. Side with symbol corroded.
Manufacture:   OT-Stamped
Dimensions Actual:   Diam. 0.024; Th. 0.003
Period:   Byzantine
Chronology:   10th-early 11th based on emblem on obverse (Corinth XII, p. 312). First half 11th c. by Beatrice Caseau and J.-Cl. Cheynet (Prof. of Byzantine History, University of Paris IV, Director, Center of Research of History and Civilization of the Byzantium).
Area:   Nezi Field
Context:   Nezi Field, context 6423
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Nezi Field
Image: digital 2010 4317
Image: digital 2010 4318
Basket: Nezi Field, context 6423