Material: Green Stone
Object type: Plaque
Dimensions: w 27,5 x h 57 cm
Text: Seven line inscription. The plaque is of the same stone as Bolnisi cathedral is built with. On the upper part of side 1 of the plaque there is embossed “Bolnisi Cross” embedded in a medallion, four lines are engraved below it. Three other lines are carved on the side 2 of the plaque. w 17 x h 26 cm w 16 x h 21 cm
Letters: Engraved Asomtavruli inscription 4-6
Date: IX 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
Last recorded location(s): National Museum of Georgia 139 (სხსმ 166)
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.
Commentary
According to the Corpus of Georgian Inscriptions by Nodar Shoshiashvili the inscription #64-65. Abbreviation mark: long horizontal straight line. The inscription does not contain any mark of separation. The inscription is dated according to the paleographic data: the tendency of the graphemes Ⴊ and Ⴌ towards adopting a Nuskhuri style. Also: Ⴁ is open and Ⴣ is engaged. The inscription does not seem to be contemporary to the “Bolnisi Cross”. In the inscription on side 2 the letters Ⴣ and Ⴘ are averted by mistake and engraved.
Bibliography
შოშიაშვილი, 1980 ნოდარ შოშიაშვილი, ქართული წარწერების კორპუსი, ლაპიდარული წარწერები, 153-154
მუსხელიშვილი, 1938 ლევან მუსხელიშვილი, ბოლნისი, 337-339
ბაქრაძე, 1953 საქართველოს სახელმწიფო მუზეუმის ქართული ეპიგრაფიკული ძეგლების კატალოგი, 22-23
Images
Fig. 1.