Stele of Davati
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Stele of Davati (Georgian: Script error: No such module "Lang".) is a cross-shaped limestone[1] stele, carrying a bas-relief, depicting Virgin Mary alongside the archangels Michael and Gabriel, with one of the earliest inscriptions in Georgian Asomtavruli script.[2] Two other men depicted in the bas-relief could not yet be identified; maybe they are the sponsors of the stele.[3] The upper part of the stele that is assumed to have been depiction of the Feast of the Ascension is broken and lost.[4] It has been dated from the 4th to the 5th century. The stele was discovered in 1985 in a small Church of the Virgin in highland village of Davati, Dusheti Municipality.[5][6]
Hypothesis
The Georgian scholar Ramin Ramishvili conjectures that the combination of letters ႩႲႽ corresponds to the number 5320 (5000 + 300 + 20, correspondingly Ⴉ [k] + Ⴒ [t] + Ⴝ [č]), which may denote, according to Georgian numerals, the year 284 BC, the alleged date of creation of the first Georgian script.[6]
See also
References
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- ↑ Machabeli, p. 6
- ↑ Machabeli, p. 120
- ↑ Lordkipanidze, David (2018). Georgiens Geschichte in 33 Objekten [History of Georgia in 33 Objects]. Halle: Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Template:ISBN, p. 57 (in German).
- ↑ Machabeli, p. 11
- ↑ Abramishvili, G & Aleksidze, Z. (1990), "A national motif in the iconographic programme depicted on the Davati Stela". Le Muséon, Vol. 103. # 3-4: 283-292
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Bibliography
- Machabeli, K. (2008) Early Medieval Georgian Stone Crosses, Ministry of Culture and Sports of Georgia, Chubinashvili National Research Centre for History of Georgian Art and Monument Protection, Template:ISBN