Material: Tuff
Object type: Plaque
Dimensions: w 21 x h 43 x d 6 cm
Text: Five line inscription. The inscription is located on a plaque that has a simple shape figure of “Bolnisi Cross” embossed on the upper part. Ბუნზე. The cross is carved with the background of the lowered circle. The crossbars are engraved with double contours. There are a couple of graphemes embossed on both sides of the plaque above the figure of the cross. Also, on the bottom part of the plaque there are fragments of inscriptions on four rectangular lines embossed on a lowered background. w 5/15/16 cm
Letters: Embossed Asomtavruli inscription 4
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 1182
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.
Translation
Ab… Z… have mercy on the Queen MZ… s... sa...
Commentary
According to the Corpus of Georgian Inscriptions by Nodar Shoshiashvili the inscription #20. The inscription does not contain any mark of separation or abbreviation.
Bibliography
შოშიაშვილი, 1980 ნოდარ შოშიაშვილი, ქართული წარწერების კორპუსი, ლაპიდარული წარწერები, 85
ამირანაშვილი, 1968 ჯ. ამირანაშვილი, ადრეფეოდალური ხანის ქართული არქიტექტურისა და რელიეფური ქანდაკების ძეგლები, 35-36
Images
Fig. 1.