Doliskana
Doliskana Monastery | |
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დოლისყანის მონასტერი | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Georgian Orthodox |
Location | |
Location | Province of Artvin, Northeast Turkey (historic Georgian principality of Klarjeti) |
Architecture | |
Type | Monastery, Church |
Completed | tenth century |
Doliskana (Georgian: დოლისყანა, Turkish: Dolishane) is a Georgian medieval Orthodox 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. 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 written in the Georgian Asomtavruli script. One mentions the prince and titular king Sumbat I of Iberia.[1] The inscriptions have been dated to the first half of the 10th century.[2]
Inscription 1[]
ႵႤ ႠႣႨႣႤ ႫႤႴჁ ႹႬႨ ႱႡႲ ႫႦႢႰႻႡႧ
- Translation: "Christ, glorify our King Sumbat with longevity."[3]
Inscription 2[]
ႼჂ ႫႵႪ ႼჂ ႢႡႰႪ
- Translation: "Saint Michael, Saint Gabriel."[4]
Inscription 3[]
ႸႵႫႬ Ⴑ ჄႪ
ႧႠ ႢႡႰႪ
ႣႩ
ႬႱჂ
ႧႠ
- Translation: "Created by the hand of bishop Gabriel."[5]
Inscription 4[]
ႼႭ
ႱႲႤ
ႴႠႬ
Ⴄ ႸႤ
Ⴋ
Ⴛ
ႶႰႨ ႢႡႪ
- Translation: "Saint Stephen, have mercy on priest Gabriel."[6]
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."[7]
References[]
- ^ Eastmond, Antony, Royal Imagery in Medieval Georgia, 1998, pp. 224-226
- ^ Shoshiashvili, p. 290
- ^ Marr, p. 185; Shoshiashvili, p. 291; Djobadze, i. 15 ch. 81-83
- ^ Marr, p. 184; Shoshiashvili, pp. 291-292; Djobadze, i. 16-17, ch. 84-85
- ^ Djobadze, i. 18, ch. 85
- ^ Shoshiashvili, pp. 292-293
- ^ Marr, p. 186; Shoshiashvili, pp. 293-294
Bibliography[]
- Marr, Nicholas, The Diary of travel in Shavsheti and Klarjeti, St. Petersburg, 1911
- Djobadze, Wachtang, Early medieval Georgian monasteries in historical Tao, Klarjeti and Shavsheti, 2007
- Shoshiashvili, N. Lapidary Inscriptions, I, Tbilisi, 1980
External links[]
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- Virtualtao-klarjeti.com - Doliskana[permanent dead link].
Coordinates: 41°09′57″N 41°57′08″E / 41.16583°N 41.95222°E
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