Material: Local stone
Object type: Facade
Dimensions: h 138 cm
Text: Two line inscription. Inscription is located on the upper stone of the north window of the dome, between the two ornaments of lions. w 25 x h 15 cm
Letters: Engraved Asomtavruli inscription 5-7
Date: X AD (lettering)
Findspot: Zemo Nikozi, Archangel Church 3 km South from Tskhinvali.
Original location: Zemo Nikozi, Archangel Church
Last recorded location(s): Zemo Nikozi, Archangel Church
Text type:Unknown
Editor(s): Nodar Shoshiashvili
Changes history:2019-11-05 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.
Translation
Christ, have mercy on John, nephew of Bishop Michael.
Commentary
According to the Corpus of Georgian Inscriptions by Nodar Shoshiashvili the inscription #94. The inscription does not contain any mark of separation. No spaces between the words. Dating the inscription according to the paleographic data, the shape of the graphemes: grapheme Ⴊ sometimes has quite a big circle and a short neck joins the circle in the middle. the upper left edge of the grapheme Ⴢ is leaned and departs from the lower edge greatly; Letter Ⴌ is represented with Mkhedruli alphabet; tendency of lengthen the letters; adjusting to fit the four line format. Words follow each other without leaving out the space. Ornaments and carvings of the church.
Bibliography
შოშიაშვილი, 1980 ნოდარ შოშიაშვილი, ქართული წარწერების კორპუსი, 186-187
ბროსე, 1851 M. Brosset, Rapports VI, 54-55
საძაგელოვი, 1898 Г. Садзагелов-Ивериели. Описание Никозкой Михайло-архангельской церкви в Карталинии, 6
მეგრელიძე, 1952 ივანე მეგრელიძე, სტალინირის და ზემო ნიქოზის სიძველეები, 280
Images
Fig. 1.