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Georgia in
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Achandara (Poltavskoe), Tsebelda district, Gulripshi
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88:List of the epigraphic monuments of Abkhazia
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274:mentions Giorgi Basilisdze
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450:mentions Luka Martineva
413:Dedicated to st. George
322:Iron and copped objects
1079:Akhaladze, Lia (2008).
486:mentions Ozbeg Dadiani
261:, Gudauta Municipality
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1192:David, Braund (1994).
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337:mentions king Bagrat
300:mentions five saints
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71:Epigraphy of Abkhazia
459:14th c. or 12th. c.
109:adding missing items
1234:Culture of Abkhazia
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722:Description
584:Description
490:Chlou church
453:stone plate
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805:Samato Hill
643:Found near
416:metal slab
1218:Categories
1203:0198144733
1173:0198144733
1145:0198144733
1039:References
1018:2020-02-10
931:Tskelikari
917:Dikhazurga
624:4th c. BC
613:Dioscurias
497:1445â1452
434:tombstone
188:1156â1178
105:incomplete
50:; try the
37:link to it
756:Found in
739:Lapidary
728:Location
691:New Athos
682:Lapidary
665:New Athos
656:Lapidary
631:Lapidary
618:Found in
590:Location
544:Lapidary
525:Lapidary
504:Lapidary
483:Lapidary
473:Tsebelda
456:Tsebelda
447:Lapidary
429:Lapidary
410:Embossed
374:Embossed
355:Lapidary
334:Lapidary
316:Embossed
297:Lapidary
271:Lapidary
249:Lapidary
203:multiple
200:Lapidary
175:Lapidary
157:Lapidary
146:Location
40:. Please
861:Tsebelda
696:11th c.
670:10th c.
558:11th c.
537:15th c.
518:12th c.
403:13th c.
367:11th c.
309:11th c.
306:Anukhva
283:11th c.
280:Anukhva
264:12th c.
208:Msygkhua
168:11th c.
75:Abkhazia
1062:de jure
1053:Georgia
989:Tsarche
945:Besleti
819:Anukhva
758:Sukhumi
744:Hadrian
645:Sukhumi
601:Bronze
259:Anukhva
215:9th c.
79:Georgia
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748:Arrian
734:Image
636:Abasgi
620:Eshera
609:Eshera
596:Image
233:Lykhny
222:Mural
152:Image
33:orphan
31:is an
1084:(PDF)
959:Ilori
903:Bedia
889:Mokvi
833:Khopi
731:Date
719:Type
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