Material: Local stone
Object type: Stele
Dimensions: cm
Text: Three line inscription. On one of the sides of the stele there is the embossed figure of a nobleman with his hand raised up holding a flower. Three graphemes in two lines are present between the figures of the flower and the head. The third line is fully damaged. cm
Letters: Embossed Asomtavruli inscription
Date: V-VI AD
Findspot: Bolnisi Sioni
Original location: Bolnisi Sioni
Current repository: Unknown
Last recorded location(s): National Museum of Georgia 401 (არმაზისხევის საცავი)
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
Christe, glorify Athanase
Commentary
According to the Corpus of Georgian Inscriptions by Nodar Shoshiashvili the inscription #45. Abbreviation mark: long horizontal straight line. The inscription is dated according to the paleographic data: Ⴃ has no neck, the arch of Ⴀ is widely open. It is possible that the inscription on the stela was engraved later (its style does not perfectly coincide with the style of the figurative relief).
Bibliography:
ნოდარ შოშიაშვილი, ქართული წარწერების კორპუსი, ლაპიდარული წარწერებიbibliography.xmlb101, 116-117
Н. Г. Чубинашвили, Болнисский сионbibliography.xmlb45, 94
Images
Fig. 1.