Material: Local stone
Object type: Plaque
Dimensions: w 48 x h 48 cm
Text: One line inscription. In the north nave of Bolnisi Cathedral there is the embedded square shape plaque with the figure of “Bolnisi Cross” on the east wall that has an embossed medallion compiled with small triangles around it. Three thin graphemes of the Asomtavruli alphabet are embossed above this cross from the left side. cm
Letters: Embossed Asomtavruli inscription 4
Date: 494 AD (lettering)
Findspot: Bolnisi Sioni Bolnisi Sioni Cathedral is located in Kvemo Kartli, 9 km away from city Bolnisi to the south, 1 km distance from the village Bonis-Khachini. The inscription was discovered during the archaeological expedition held by the Cultural Heritage Preservation Committee supervised by Levan Muskhelishvili in 1937.
Original location: Bolnisi Sioni
Last recorded location(s): Bolnisi Sioni
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
Dznela
Commentary
According to the Corpus of Georgian inscriptions by Nodar Shoshiashvili, the inscription N8. No abbreviation marks in the inscription.
Bibliography
შოშიაშვილი, 1980 ნოდარ შოშიაშვილი, ქართული წარწერების კორპუსი, ლაპიდარული წარწერები, 75
მუსხელიშვილი, 1938 ლევან მუსხელიშვილი, ბოლნისი, 332
ჩუბინაშვილი, 1940 Н. Г. Чубинашвили, Болнисский сион, 39
Images
Fig. 1.