Material: Limestone
Dimensions: cm
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Text: cm
Letters: ამოღარული ასომთავრული წარწერა.
Date: V-IV AD
Findspot: Jerusalem იერუსალიმი discovered in 2002, after the renewal of 1996 excavation, at a Georgian monastery of the Byzantine period, in the neighborhood of Umm Leisun, 4.5 km southeast of the Old City of Jerusalem. found in a burial crypt under the polychrome mosaic floor.
Original location: უმ ლეისუნი, იერუსალიმი
Current repository: Unknown
Editor(s): Zeligman, Yana Tchekhanovets
Publication details: ილიას სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი; დოკუმენტი ვრცელდება Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 ლიცენზიით.
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Commentary
the earliest known example for an ethnonym ႵႠႰႧႥႤႪႨ (kartveli i.e. Georgian) on any archaeological artifact, both in the Holy Land and in Georgia.
Bibliography:
A Georgian Monastery from the Byzantine Period at Khirbat Umm Leisun, Jerusalem, bibliography.xmlb120 145–180