Seal of Tbilisi

signed in the late 1980s and reconfirmed as an official seal of the city on 8 June 2005 traditional Georgian shield where the Georgian Mkhedruli inscription თბილისი ("Tbilisi") with the capitalized letter თ form a stylized falcon and pheasant illustrating the legend of Tbilisi's origin. Along the upper edge are seven small seven-point stars lined up in crescent format. An intervening oak twig is symbolic of sturdiness and durability and creates a cross-like partition at the bottom of the shield which shelters the name of Tbilisi written in historic Georgian scripts – Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri. It rests upon a water wave symbolizing the Mtkvari River on which the city is situated.[1]

The coat of arms of Tbilisi (Tiflis) under Imperial Russian rule (19th century)
Variants of the seal of Tbilisi

References

  1. Tbilisi city seal Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, government of Tbilisi. Accessed on July 15, 2007.
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