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Georgian graffito of Nessana

The Georgian graffito of Nessana (Georgian: ნესანას ქართული გრაფიტი, romanized: nesanas kartuli grapit'i) was an Old Georgian pilgrim graffito inscription written in ancient Georgian Asomtavruli script,[2] found in ancient site of Nessana, southwest Negev,[3] on the Israeli–Egyptian border.[4] The graffito was first documented by the British archaeologist P. L. O. Guy in 1926,[5] mistakenly reporting it to be a Nabataean inscription.[6] Byzantine-period Nessana settlement was located on the route of Christian pilgrims travelling from the Holy Land to Mount Sinai.[7][8]

Georgian graffito of Nessana
WritingGeorgian script
CreatedIX-X century
Present locationgraffito was lost[1]
LanguageOld Georgian

Inscription

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There are six graphemes in the graffito inscription and one letter cannot be identified.[9] The graffito is dated to ninth–tenth centuries.[10]

Translation: Christ have mercy upon K[...]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Tchekhanovets & Jojua, pp. x-1
  2. ↑ Aitken & Fossey, p. 188
  3. ↑ Aitken & Fossey, p. 182
  4. ↑ Tchekhanovets & Jojua, p. 1
  5. ↑ Tchekhanovets & Jojua, p. 2
  6. ↑ Tchekhanovets & Jojua, p. 4
  7. ↑ Tchekhanovets & Jojua, p. 6
  8. ↑ Aitken & Fossey, p. 189
  9. ↑ Tchekhanovets & Jojua, pp. 7-8
  10. ↑ Tchekhanovets & Jojua, p. 9

Bibliography

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  • Yana Tchekhanovets & Temo Jojua (2024) Georgian Graffito from Nessana, Dating to the 'Dark Age' of Christianity in Palestine, Palestine Exploration Quarterly, DOI.org/10.1080/00310328.2024.2394375
  • Ellen Bradshaw Aitken & John M. Fossey (2013) The Levant: Crossroads of late antiquity, Le Levant: Carrefour de L'Antiquité Tardive, Brill, ISBN 9789004258273, 9004258272
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