The Epigraphic Corpus of Georgia 2.0

64. The 7th c. fragment of a diptych (II). Bolnisi District

Description: The fragment of Asomtavruli inscription from Bolnisi municipality

Object Description:

Object type:

Stela

Material:

Stone

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Inscription Surface Description:

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Hand Description:

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Origin:

Date:

VII AD

Provinance:

Date:

Observed:

ID:

401

Authority:

Ilia State University, Institute of linguistic Research

Number:

ECG14

Licence:

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ქ(რისტ)ე

ათ[(ანას)ე]>

[ად(ი)დე]

ქ ე

ათ >

            <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" /> <persName nymRef="ათანასე"><expan>ათ<supplied reason="lost"><ex>ანას</ex>ე</supplied></expan></persName>&gt;
                       <lb n="3" /> <w lemma="დიდება"><expan><supplied reason="lost" cert="low">ად<ex>ი</ex>დე</supplied></expan></w>
                   </ab>

        

Translation:

Christ, Glorify Athanasius

Critical Aparatus:

Comments:

According to the Corpus of Georgian Inscriptions by Nodar Shoshiashvili the sign of abbreviation in the inscription N45 looks like a long, straight horizontal line. The grounds for giving a date to the inscription are to be found in paleographic evidence: დ has no neck, the arch of ა is widely open. It is possible that the inscription on the stela was engraved later (its style does not perfectly coincide with the style of the figurative relief).

Bibliography:

ნოდარ შოშიაშვილი ქართული წარწერების კორპუსი თბილისი 1980 ტ. I გვ. 116-117
Н. Г. Чубинашвили Хандиси 1972 ст. 94