Doliskana

Doliskana (Georgian: დოლისყანა, Turkish: Dolishane) is a medieval Georgian 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.

Doliskana Monastery
დოლისყანის მონასტერი
Religion
AffiliationGeorgian Orthodox
Location
LocationProvince of Artvin, Northeast Turkey (historic Georgian principality of Klarjeti)
Architecture
TypeMonastery, Church
Completedtenth century

The inscriptions

On the exterior walls of the church are several short inscriptions in 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]

References

  1. Eastmond, Antony, Royal Imagery in Medieval Georgia, 1998, pp. 224-226
  2. Shoshiashvili, p. 290

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

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