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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | MF 3182 | | Title: | | BRONZE SEAL | | Category Code: | | MF | | Object Number: | | 3182 | | Description: | | Thick, circular object, with pierced projection in back. Fine, rather deeply cut intaglio on the sealing surface. In the center a bearded man, wearing a long garment with a cross on the shoulder and a round skull-cap with short tassel, kneels to the left (as seen in the cast) in an an attitude of prayer before a double-traverse cross. Below the arms of the cross the letters: IC IX. In the field, on either side of the man's head, the letters X PI, Around this central design is an inscription encirlcing the seal, enclosed on each side by a border of lozenge-shaped dots. The inscription reads: S'FRATRIGVILLIERMVS:CVSTODIESINFIRMI. A Hospitaller seal, possibly ca. 1250 A.D. according to Corinth XII p. 318. | | Material: | | Bronze | | Condition: | | Complete or intact. Intact. | | Dimensions Actual: | | Diam. 0.041, Th. 0.005 | | Period: | | Frankish (1210-1458 AD) | | Chronology: | | ca. 1250 A.D acccording to Corinth XII N2688, P318 for discussion. | | Area: | | Temple C | | Context: | | NB117 P104 | | Findspot Description: | | Temple C | | Bibliography: | | Corinth XII N2688; Luttrell, Anthony T. (1978) The hospitallers in Cyprus, Rhodes, Greece and the West 1291-1440. no. IX | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: Temple C
Image: bw 3972
Notebook Page: NB 117, spread 56 (pp. 103 - 104)
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