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.
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.
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Н. Г. Чубинашвили, Болнисский сионbibliography.xmlb45, 101-102
საქართველოს სახელმწიფო მუზეუმის ქართული ეპიგრაფიკული ძეგლების კატალოგიbibliography.xmlb111, 42