ECG046. Bolnisi “Lamazi Gora” V/VI centuries, fragment

Material: Tuff

Object type: Plaque

Dimensions: w 36 x h 35 x d 25 cm

Text: One line inscription. The inscription is embossed on the stone that has the figure of “Bolnisi Cross” on its upper part; the cross is embedded in a medallion with a frame like braided rope. The crossbars are simple. The inscription is carved above the cross on the lowered background. w 22 x h 3 cm

Letters: Embossed Asomtavruli inscription

Date: V-VI AD (lettering)

Findspot: Lamazi Gora, Bolnisi The monument was discovered by the archeological expedition of Ivane Javakhishvili Institute of History supervised by I. Grdzelishvili. The hill that the locals call “Lamazi Gora” (a beautiful hill) is located 800 meters from Bolnisi Sioni Cathedral to the north-west. During the excavations of the hill the ruins of three-church basilica was found in the middle of it. The territory of the monastery could have been 1000 sq m. Up to ten stone crosses with Asomtavruli inscriptions were found in this territory. The monument was discovered in 1959.

Original location: Lamazi Gora, Bolnisi

Last recorded location(s): National Museum of Georgia 1187

Text type:Unknown

Editor(s): Nodar Shoshiashvili

Changes history:2019-10-29 Eka Kvirkvelia ტექსტის სრული კოდირება, მეტამონაცემების სრული კოდირება, ბმულებით დაკავშირება ავტორიტეტულ წყაროსთან

Publication details:Ilia State University, Institute of Linguistic Studies; დოკუმენტი ვრცელდება Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 ლიცენზიით.

Interpretive

[ა]ბაზ ა[ზ]იარენ

Diplomatic

[.]ႡႠႦ Ⴀ[.]ႨႠႰႤႬ

Translation

...May Abaz receive the eucharist

Commentary

According to the Corpus of Georgian Inscriptions by Nodar Shoshiashvili the inscription #22. The inscription does not contain any mark of separation or abbreviation.

Bibliography

შოშიაშვილი, 1980 ნოდარ შოშიაშვილი, ქართული წარწერების კორპუსი, ლაპიდარული წარწერები, 86

ამირანაშვილი, 1968 ჯ. ამირანაშვილი, ადრეფეოდალური ხანის ქართული არქიტექტურისა და რელიეფური ქანდაკების ძეგლები, 36

Images

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