The Doliskana inscriptions ( ka, დოლისყანას წარწერები) are the
Georgian language
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inscriptions written in the Georgian ''
Asomtavruli
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'' script on the
Doliskana Monastery, located in the historical
medieval
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Georgian
Kingdom of Tao-Klarjeti (modern-day
Artvin Province
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of
Turkey
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). The inscriptions mention Georgian prince and titular king
Sumbat I of Iberia. 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 ႼჂ ႢႡႰႪ
*Translation: "Saint Michael, Saint Gabriel."
Inscription 3
::ႸႵႫႬ Ⴑ ჄႪ
::ႧႠ ႢႡႰႪ
::ႣႩ
::ႬႱჂ
::ႧႠ
*Translation: "Created by the hand of bishop Gabriel."
Inscription 4
::ႼႭ
::ႱႲႤ
::ႴႠႬ
::Ⴄ ႸႤ
::Ⴋ
::Ⴛ
::ႶႰႨ ႢႡႪ
*Translation: "Saint Stephen, have mercy on priest Gabriel."
Inscription 5
::ႨႳ ႵႤ
::ႼჂ ႤႱႤ ႤႩႪႤႱႨჂ ႼႤ ႣႶႤႱႠ
::ႫႤႴႤႧႠ ႹႬႧႠ
::ႵႤ ႸႤ
*Translation: "Jesus Christ, have mercy on the church of our kings, O Christ have mercy."
[Marr, p. 186; Shoshiashvili, pp. 293-294]
References
Bibliography
*
Marr, Nicholas, The Diary of travel in Shavsheti and Klarjeti, St. Petersburg, 1911
*
Djobadze, Wachtang
Wachtang Djobadze ( ka, ვახტანგ ჯობაძე) (March 8, 1917 – February 10, 2007) was a Georgian art historian and Professor at the California State University, Los Angeles. During the Soviet Union, he lived as an émigré i ...
, Early medieval Georgian monasteries in historical Tao, Klarjeti and Shavsheti, 2007
*Shoshiashvili, N. Lapidary Inscriptions, I, Tbilisi, 1980
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Archaeological artifacts
Georgian inscriptions
10th-century inscriptions