Armaz bilingua
Armaz bilingua - Greco - Aramaic epitaph found during excavations of the Iberian city of Armazi on November 25, 1940 . The text was deciphered by George Tsereteli in 1941 . As it turned out, this is the tombstone of a 21-year-old girl - Seraphites. Such a significant epitaph indicates its noble origin.
 | I, Seraphit, the daughter of Zevakh, the youngest pitiahsh of King Farsman, the wife of Iodmangan the victorious (military leader) and many victories of the victorious (made) housekeeper Tsar Hsefarnug - the son of Agrippa, the housekeeper of Tsar Farsman. Woe to you, who was young. And she was so good and beautiful that no one was like her in beauty. And she died 21 years (of life). [one] |  |
The inscription contains an unusual in form and lettering version of the Aramaic alphabet , which became known as the "Armaian letter."
Similar texts executed by the “Armaque letter” were also recorded in Armenia [2] [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Alano Georgika 1993. No. 1, p. 168.
- ↑ Shnirelman V. A. Memory wars: myths, identity and politics in the Transcaucasus / Reviewer: L. B. Alaev . - M .: Akademkniga, 2003 .-- S. 332. - 592 p. - 2000 copies. - ISBN 5-94628-118-6 .
- ↑ Braund D. Georgia in Antiquity: A History of Colchis and Transcaucasian Iberia, 500 BC-AD 562. Oxford: Clarendon press, 1993. S. 212-215