The Jvari inscriptions () are the Old Georgian inscriptions written in the Georgian Asomtavruli script on the Jvari Monastery, a basilica located near Mtskheta, Georgia. Per Professor Wachtang Djobadze, inscriptions mention Georgian princes Stephen I of Iberia, Demetrius the Hypatos and Adarnase I of Iberia. However, Professor Cyril Toumanoff disagrees with this view and identifies these individuals with Stephen II of Iberia, Demetrius and Adarnase II of Iberia, respectively. Inscriptions are dated to the late sixth-early seventh centuries.
Inscriptions
Inscription 1
:á á«á áº
:áÂÂáÂ¥á°á¨á±áÂÂ
:á á±á²á¤á´á á‡ÂÂ
:á± áµá á°á§áªá¨á±
:á á®á á²á°á¨
:á©á¨áÂÂá±á¨ á¸á¤
:Translation: "Cross of Our Savior, have mercy on Stephanoz, the patrikios of Kartli."
Inscription 2
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:á«áµ ᪠á«
:á§á áÂ¥á á°á á‡¢á¤áªáÂÂá¦áÂÂ
:á£á¤á«á¤á²á°
:á¤á± áÂÂá®áÂÂ
:á²áÂÂá±á±
:á á«á¤áÂÂ
:á¾ á¾á¤á·
:á áÂÂ¥
:Translation: "Holy Michael Archangel, have mercy on Demetre the hypatos."
Inscription 3
:á¼á á¢á°áª
:á«á§á áÂÂ¥
:á á‡¢á¤áªáÂÂ
:á á á£á°
:á°á±á¤á± áÂÂá®á á²
:áÂÂá±á±á á«á¤áÂÂá¾
:á¤á·á áÂÂ¥
:Translation: "Holy Grigol Archangel, have mercy on Adarnase the hypatos."
Inscription 4
:á¼á á±á²á¤
:áµáÂÂá¡á³áª
:á±á²á¨
:á¸á¤
:Translation: "Holy Stephen, have mercy on Kobul Stephanoz."
See also
References
Bibliography
- Epigraphic Corpus of Georgia (ECG) Project, Institute of Linguistic Studies, Ilia State University
- Rapp, Stephen H. (2014) The Sasanian World Through Georgian Eyes, Caucasia and the Iranian Commonwealth in Late Antique Georgian Literature, Routledge,