ganZi qarTuli miwisa

tebiT Semkul qinZisTavebze. 1902 wels e. TayaiSvils
mcxeTis sadgurTan arqeologiuri gaTxrebis dros
upovnia granatis mZivebi. prof. a. zaxarovs aRwerili
aqvs samTavrosa da zemo avWalaSi napovni almandinis
ToTxmeti gema, romelic saqarTvelos muzeumSia daculi.
g. lemleinis samTavros mZivebs Soris aRwerili aqvs
almandinis mZivebi (bolo saukuneebi Cvens welTaRricxvamde
da pirveli saukuneebi Cveni welTaRricxviT).
antikur xanaSi didi gamoyeneba hqonda almandins,
naklebad – pirops. armazisxevis arqeologiuri gaTxrebis
dros napovni Zvirfas qvebs SorisgemasaTvis yvelaze
metad almandinia gamoyenebuli; almandini amkobs beWeds,
balTas, oqros diademas, oqros yelsabams da oqros
gulsakids, oqrostarian rkinis satevars, sayureebs;
zevaxis sartylis mrgvali balTis TvalbudeebSi firuz-
Tan erTad Casmulia almandini. iberieli ostatebis naxelav
gemebs Soris gvxvdeba piropis intalio.
cnobilia granatis mZivebi mcxeTis samTavrodan,
TrialeTidan, quTaisidan. urekSi napovn nakeTobebs Soris
aris almandiniT Semkuli oqros samajuri, aseTive qviT
aris Semkuli grigoleTSi napovni oqros gulsakidi (III-
IV s.s. Cveni welTaRricxviT).
antikuri xanis kldeeTis samarovanSi napovn oqros
nivTebs xSirad amkobs almandini. p. uvarovis mier aRweril
komentarSi mcxeTa-samTavro moxsenebulia mrgvali
da ospisebri formis granatis mZivebi. m. lorTqifaniZes
armazis xevis romaul gemebs Soris aRwerili aqvs almandinis
da piropis intalioebi (ax. w. II s.). Sua saukuneebSi
granati xatebis da jvrebis Sesamkobad yofila
gamoyenebuli: mowameTis sawinamZRvaro jvari (XI s),
xobis monastris RvTismSoblis xati (X s), xonis wminda
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