The Epigraphic Corpus of Georgia 2.0

63. The 7th c. fragment of a diptych. Bolnisi District

Description: The fragment of Asomtavruli inscription from Bolnisi municipality

Object Description:

Object type:

Stele

Material:

Stone

Object size:

Width: cm

Height: cm

Inscription Surface Description:

Layout:

Dimensions:

Width: cm

Height: cm

Hand Description:

Letter Height:

5,5

Letter Width:

Origin:

Date:

VII AD

Provinance:

Date:

1957

Observed:

ID:

544

Authority:

Ilia State University, Institute of linguistic Research

Number:

ECG13

Licence:

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შ(ერ)გ[ილ]

შ გ

            <ab xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
   <lb n="1" /> <persName nymRef="შერგილ"><expan>შ<ex>ერ</ex>გ
   <lb n="2" break="no" /> <supplied reason="lost">ილ</supplied> </expan></persName>
   </ab>

        

Translation:

Shergil

Critical Aparatus:

Comments:

According to the Corpus of Georgian Inscriptions by Nodar Shoshiashvili the symbol of abbreviation in the inscription N44 looks like a long, straight horizontal line. The grounds for giving a date to the inscription are to be found in paleographic evidence: შ grapheme has widely open top and bottom arches, and გ grapheme is inclined to the left without an additional horizontal line.

Bibliography:

ნოდარ შოშიაშვილი ქართული წარწერების კორპუსი თბილისი 1980 ტ. I გვ. 116
Н. Г. Чубинашвили Хандиси 1972 ст. 98-99