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2016 Volume 28

Colchian culture on the territory of the Modern Abkhazia

Entry date: 2016-10-20

Author(s): Nino Dolidze

The burial sites found in the territory of modern Abkhazia – on of the most important regions of the entire Colchian culture – are rich not only tools, but with adornments as well. That has given us the opportunity to redate some burial complexes and to give them typological and chronological scale, to establish the area of spread of each type of adornment, to examine the peculiarities of local region.
In spite of the variety of burial sites and burial traditions the burial implement are almost the same not only for the territory of modern Abkhazia, but for the entire Colchis (Colchian axes, bent knifes, hoes, segment-like tools, ceramic and bronze items).



2016 Volume 28

Okoni icon from the Moscow Kremlin Armoury

Entry date: 2016-10-20

Author(s): Nino Didebashvili

The aim of the present paper is to bring into circulation a historical source unknown for scientific society up to now. Namely, the question is related to the icon commissioned by the king Archil II (1647-1713) unexplored until now, protected in the armory of Kremlin.
As it is obvious from the dating inscriptions placed on the icon, the above-mentioned “pendant” icon is made on the name of the “Almighty Okoni icon”; for me, as a historian, the above indicated inscription and date contain significant information. It’s description and analysis will provide the investigators interested in the history of Georgia of late middle centuries with additional data and will lighten up one unknown section of the Georgian king’s heritage of this period, which has been unexplored until now.



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