Doliskana ( ka, დოლისყანა, tr, Dolishane) is a medieval
Georgian Orthodox
The Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს სამოციქულო ავტოკეფალური მართლმადიდებელი ეკლესია, tr), commonly ...
monastery in the
Medieval Georgian kingdom of
Klarjeti (modern-day
Artvin Province of
Turkey). It was used as a mosque, now abandoned. Its construction was finished in the mid 10th century, during the rule of
Sumbat I of Iberia
Sumbat I ( ka, სუმბატ I) (died 958) was a Georgian prince of the Bagrationi dynasty of Tao-Klarjeti, hereditary ruler of Lower Tao and the titular king of Iberia from 937 until his death.
Sumbat was the youngest son of Adarnase IV. H ...
. It is located high above the right bank of the
Imerkhevi River.
The inscriptions
On the exterior walls of the church are several short inscriptions in Georgian ''
Asomtavruli'' script. One mentions the prince and titular king
Sumbat I of Iberia
Sumbat I ( ka, სუმბატ I) (died 958) was a Georgian prince of the Bagrationi dynasty of Tao-Klarjeti, hereditary ruler of Lower Tao and the titular king of Iberia from 937 until his death.
Sumbat was the youngest son of Adarnase IV. H ...
. The inscriptions have been dated to the first half of the 10th century.
[Shoshiashvili, p. 290]
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
External links
Virtualtao-klarjeti.comDoliskana
Buildings and structures completed in the 10th century
Georgian churches in Turkey
Christian monasteries established in the 10th century
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