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DOI: 10.46698/VNC.2021.80.41.012

BELLS FROM DZVGISY-DZUAR SANCTUARY IN EUGENIA PCHELINA’S MANUSCRIPTS

Darchiev, Anzor V. , Darchieva, Svetlana V.
Izvestia SOIGSI. 2021. IIS 41 (80).
Abstract:
Eugenia Georgievna Pchelina (1895-1972) made a great contribution to the study of history,
archeology and ethnography of the Ossetian people. Most of Pchelina»s manuscript heritage is
yet to be published, so it is a pressing issue to study it thoroughly and introduce into scientific
discussion. The proposed publication contains Pchelina»s work on two ancient bells from the
Ossetian sanctuary of Dzvgisy-Dzuar. These items have donation inscriptions made by Georgian
kings, which sheds some light on the history of Ossetian-Georgian relations in the late 1600s.
One of the bells was donated by King George XI of Kartli. As for the other one, there had been
no exact information about it for a while. As can be seen from the published records, Pchelina
managed to find that bell and established that the donation inscription on was made by King
Archil II of Imereti and Kakheti. Pchelina identified the differences between the bells and drew
a conclusion about the bell inscribed by Archil II having been made in Russia, while the one
donated by George XI was definitely made in Georgia. Pchelina noted the need to analyze
the metal the bells were made of. Although the inscriptions on the bells have been translated
many times, none of the translators, who were using copies of varying degrees of accuracy, was
an expert in Georgian paleography or saw the bells and the inscriptions with their own eyes.
Therefore, a further comprehensive study of these inscriptions could provide some new insights
into what we already know about the bells and their historic environment.
Keywords: Eugenia Pchelina, sanctuary of Dzvgisy-Dzuar, bells, King George XI of Kartli, King Archil II of Imereti and Kakheti, Ossetian-Georgian relations in the 1600s.
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