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Georgian inscriptions may refer to: *Bir el Qutt inscriptions *Bolnisi inscriptions *Ateni Theotokos Church inscription *Bedia Chalice inscription *Samshvilde Sioni inscription *Jvari inscriptions *Doliskana inscriptions *Davati stele {{disambiguation Georgian inscriptions, ...
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Bir El Qutt Inscriptions
The Bir el Qutt inscriptions ( ka, ბირ ელ ქუტის წარწერები, tr) are four Old Georgian Early Byzantine mosaics in the Middle East, Byzantine mosaic inscriptions in the ''Asomtavruli'' script. They were excavated at a Theodore Tiron, Saint Theodore Tiron Georgian Orthodox Church, Georgian Orthodox monastery in 1952 by Italian archaeologist Virgilio Canio Corbo near Bir el Qutt, in the Judaean Desert, south-east of Jerusalem and north of Bethlehem. The complex was built of reddish limestone. The excavations has also revealed a monastery which produced wine and olive oil. Georgian inscriptions were found on a mosaic floor decorated with geometrical and floral patterns. The first two inscriptions are dated AD 430, while the last two AD 532. The excavations of Bir el Qutt conditioned discovery of inscriptions where only one has survived completely while others lack parts of the mosaic that suffered significant damage. The inscriptions ''wikt:in me ...
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Bolnisi Inscriptions
The Bolnisi inscriptions ( ka, ბოლნისის წარწერები, tr) are the Old Georgian inscriptions written in the Georgian '' Asomtavruli'' script on the Bolnisi Sioni Cathedral, a basilica located in Bolnisi, Bolnisi Municipality, Georgia. The inscriptions are dated AD 493/494. The construction of the basilica commenced in AD 478/479. Bolnisi inscription yields the most explicit reference to Peroz I, the ''Shahanshah'' ("King of Kings") of the Sasanian Empire. Construction of the basilica might have been connected to the accession of Peroz; their builders being encouraged in their efforts by the imperial construction projects. Inscriptions Inscription 1 ::ႵႤႣႧႤႮႨႱႩႭႮႭႱႨႩႰႤႡႭ ::ჃႪႨႧႭჃႰႧႣႠႠႫႠႱႤႩ ::ႪႤႱႨႠႱႠ bolnisi cross ႸႨႬႠႸႤႬႣ ::ႠႫႨႫႠ bolnisi cross ႰႧႧႠჃ ::ႷႠႬႨႱႫ bolnisi cross ႺႤႫႤႪ ::ႬႨႸႤႨႼႷ boln ...
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Ateni Theotokos Church Inscription
The Ateni Theotokos Church inscription ( ka, ატენის ღვთისმშობლის ეკლესიის წარწერა) is the Georgian language inscription written in the Georgian ''Asomtavruli'' script on the Ateni ''Theotokos'' Church, a basilica located in the village of Didi Ateni, Gori Municipality, Shida Kartli, Georgia. The inscriptions are dated 982–989 AD. The inscription mentions Rati I and Liparit II, Dukes of Kldekari.Kornelius Danelia, Zurab Sarjveladze, Georgian Paleography. Tbilisi, 1997, pp. 42–43 Inscription ::ႵႤ ႠႣႨႣႤ ႭႰႱႠ ::ႥႤ ႺႾႭႥႰႤႡႠႱႠ ::ႠႵႠ ჄႭႰႺႨႤႪႤႡ ::Ⴐ ႣႠ ႼႤ ႸႬႱႠ ႱႳႪ ::ႨႤႡႰ ႰႠႲ ႤႰႨႱႧ ::ႠႥႨ ႻႤ ႨႢႨ ႪႮႰႲ ::ႤႰႨႱႧႥႨႱႠႨ ႰႪႬ ::ႠႶႠႸႤႬႠ ႤႱႤ ႱႠႾ ::ႪႨ ႶႧႨႱႠႨ ႣႠ ႡႽႤႨ ::ႺႠႧႠႨ ႼႨ ႤႩႪႤႱႨ :: ...
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Bedia Chalice Inscription
The Bedia Chalice ( ka, ბედიის თასი, tr) is a piece of medieval Georgian goldsmithery, a liturgical vessel made of gold and richly decorated. Dated to , the chalice was commissioned by King Bagrat III for the Bedia Monastery in Abkhazia. Only the bowl of the vessel is preserved and is now in at the Georgian National Museum in Tbilisi, Georgia. History The chalice was a donation by King Bagrat III and his mother, Queen Gurandukht, to the new church at Bedia, which was completed in 999. The base of the vessel was subsequently lost and restored in the 16th century at the behest of Germane Chkhetidze, Metropolitan Bishop of Bedia, as mentioned in a Georgian inscription. The item was preserved in the sacristy of the Ilori Church, when the historian Dimitri Bakradze visited it in 1865 and reported the danger of its being lost. The base then again disappeared. The surviving bowl was removed to Tbilisi, in the Treasure Chamber of the Georgian State Art Museum, now ...
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Samshvilde Sioni Inscription
The Samshvilde Sioni inscription ( ka, სამშვილდის სიონის წარწერა) is the Georgian language inscription written in the Georgian ''Asomtavruli'' script on the Sioni Church in Samshvilde, a ruined cathedral located in the Tetritsqaro Municipality, Kvemo Kartli, Georgia. Originally the inscription was 35 ''metres'' long but only 10 metres of inscription survived. The inscription mentions Georgian ''eristavis'' Varaz-Bakur and Iovane and two Byzantine Emperors, Constantine V and Leo IV the Khazar. Inscription *Translation: "Jesus Christ, built by the mercy of Christ and love of mankind, for praying the Holy Theotokos, o Christ have mercy on the relatives of pitiaksh. Of the year of reign of King Constantine that laid the ground for this, and it was built. Varaz-Bakur took a rest here and is behind of this and Iovane looked forward for it. And it was built. It was entirely built, this Holy Church, and in the year of reign King Leon, in the ...
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Jvari Inscriptions
The Jvari inscriptions ( ka, ჯვრის წარწერები, tr) are the Old Georgian inscriptions written in the Georgian ''Asomtavruli'' script on the Jvari Monastery, a basilica located near Mtskheta, Georgia. Per Professor Wachtang Djobadze, inscriptions mention Georgian princes Stephen I of Iberia, Demetrius the Hypatos and Adarnase I of Iberia. However, Professor Cyril Toumanoff disagrees with this view and identifies these individuals with Stephen II of Iberia, Demetrius and Adarnase II of Iberia, respectively. Inscriptions are dated to the late sixth-early seventh centuries. Inscriptions Inscription 1 ::Ⴍ ႫႠႺ ::ႭႥႰႨႱႠ ::Ⴍ ႱႲႤႴႠႬႭ ::Ⴑ ႵႠႰႧႪႨႱ ::Ⴀ ႮႠႲႰႨ ::ႩႨႭႱႨ ႸႤ ::Translation: "Cross of Our Savior, have mercy on Stephanoz, the ''patrikios'' of Kartli." Inscription 2 ::ႼႭ ::ႫႵ Ⴊ Ⴋ ::ႧႠႥႠႰႠႬႢႤႪႭႦႭ ::ႣႤႫႤႲႰ ::ႤႱ ჃႮႠ ::ႲႭႱ ...
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Doliskana Inscriptions
The Doliskana inscriptions ( ka, დოლისყანას წარწერები) are the Georgian language inscriptions written in the Georgian ''Asomtavruli'' script on the Doliskana Monastery, located in the historical medieval Georgian Kingdom of Tao-Klarjeti (modern-day Artvin Province of Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...). The inscriptions mention Georgian prince and titular king Sumbat I of Iberia.Eastmond, Antony, Royal Imagery in Medieval Georgia, 1998, pp. 224-226 The inscriptions are dated to the first half of the 10th century. Inscriptions Inscription 1 ::ႵႤ ႠႣႨႣႤ ႫႤႴჁ ႹႬႨ ႱႡႲ ႫႦႢႰႻႡႧ *Translation: "Christ, glorify our King Sumbat with longevity." Inscription 2 ::ႼჂ ႫႵႪ Ⴜ ...
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Davati Stele
The Stele of Davati ( ka, დავათის სტელა) is a cross-shaped limestone stele, carrying a bas-relief, depicting Virgin Mary alongside the archangels Michael (archangel), Michael and Gabriel, with one of the earliest inscriptions in Georgian ''Asomtavruli script''. Two other men depicted in the bas-relief could not yet be identified; maybe they are the sponsors of the stele. The upper part of the stele that is assumed to have been depiction of the ''Feast of the Ascension'' is broken and lost. It has been dated from the 4th to the 5th century. The stele was discovered in 1985 in a small Church of the Virgin in highland village of Davati, Dusheti Municipality.Abramishvili, G & Aleksidze, Z. (1990), "A national motif in the iconographic programme depicted on the Davati Stela". ''Le Muséon'', Vol. 103. # 3-4: 283-292 Hypothesis The Georgian scholar Ramin Ramishvili conjectures that the combination of letters ႩႲႽ corresponds to the number 5320 (5000 + 300 + 2 ...
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