The Epigraphic Corpus of Georgia 2.0

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66. The 7th c. Epitaphion of Michael, Bolnisi

Description:   Asomtavruli inscription from Bolnisi Cathedral


Object Description:

Object type:  

Plaque

Material:  

A broken piece of slightly greenish stone.

Object size:  

Width:   16cm

Height:  20cm


Inscription Surface Description:

Layout:  

Dimensions:  

Width: 12cm

Height:    9cm


Hand Description:

Letter Height:  

2-2,5

Letter Width:  


Origin:

Date:   

VII AD

Provinance:   

Date:   

Observed:  

ID:  

336

Authority:  

Ilia State University, Institute of linguistic Research

Number:  

ECG16

Licence:  


ქ(რისტ)ე

[ს]ული

[მი]ქაელის

[შ(ეი)წ]ყალე


ქ ე

ული

ქაელის

ყალე


<ab xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <lb n="1" /> <w lemma="ქრისტე"><expan><abbr><am><g type="chi-rho"></g></am></abbr>ქ<ex>რისტ</ex>ე</expan></w> <lb n="2" /> <w lemma="სულ"><supplied reason="lost">ს</supplied>ული</w> <lb n="3" /> <persName nymRef="მიქაელ"><supplied reason="lost">მი</supplied>ქაელის</persName> <lb n="4" /> <w lemma="შეწყალება"><expan><supplied reason="lost">შ<ex>ეი</ex>წ</supplied>ყალე</expan></w> </ab>

Translation:

Christ, have mercy on the soul of Michael.

Critical Aparatus:

Comments:

According to the Corpus of Georgian Inscriptions by Nodar Shoshiashvili the inscription N63 has neither the signs of spaces between words, nor the signs of abbreviation. The words are not separated from one another. It is possible that the inscription might have been carved later.

Bibliography:

  • ნოდარ შოშიაშვილი, ქართული წარწერების კორპუსი, თბილისი, 1980, ტ. I, გვ. 152
  • საქართველოს სახელმწიფო მუზეუმის ქართული ეპიგრაფიკული ძეგლების კატალოგი ა. ბაქრაძე ს. ბოლქვაძე 1953 გვ. 44