ECG057. Bolnisi Sioni Cathedral V/VI cc. Inscription of Bolnisi Nakhpet

Material: Local stone

Object type: Plaque

Dimensions: w 26 x h 39 cm

Text: Four letter inscription. The figure of “Bolnisi Cross” embedded in the ornament of the medallion compiled with small triangles is embossed on a base of the stone. The inscription is below the cross. w 22 x h 10,5 cm

Letters: Embossed Asomtavruli inscription 2,5-3

Date: V-VI AD

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

Current repository: Unknown

Last recorded location(s): National Museum of Georgia 329

Summary: Memorial

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

ესე ჯუა[რ-]
[ი წ(მი)დ]აჲ ბო-
[ლნის]ის ნახ-
[პეტისაჲ]

Diplomatic

ႤႱႤ ႿႳႠ[.-]
[. ..]ႠჂ ႡႭ
[....]ႨႱ ႬႠႾ
[.......]

Translation

This Holy Cross of Nakhpeti of Bolnisi

Commentary

According to the Corpus of Georgian inscriptions by Nodar Shoshiashvili the inscription #9. No sign of the spaces between words. According to the paleographic data, Nodar Shoshiashvili dated the inscription to the 5th-6th cc.

Bibliography:

ნოდარ შოშიაშვილი, ქართული წარწერების კორპუსი, ლაპიდარული წარწერებიbibliography.xmlb101, 75-76

Н. Г. Чубинашвили, Болнисский сионbibliography.xmlb45, 101-102

საქართველოს სახელმწიფო მუზეუმის ქართული ეპიგრაფიკული ძეგლების კატალოგიbibliography.xmlb111, 42

Images

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