ganZi qarTuli miwisa

iliantis beWdebi, briliantis samxre kavi, briliantis
jvari. giorgi XIII asulis ninos mziTvis wignis mixedviT
Cans, rom briliantebi amkobs mis gvirgvins, gulis
qinZisTavs, beWdebsa da sxv.
rogorc sxva qveynebSi, saqarTveloSic almass X
saukunemde sxva Zvirfas qvebze (zurmuxti, lali)
naklebi fasi hqonda, radgan daumuSavebuli almasi arc
ise mimzidvelia. am droisaTvis almasi saqarTveloSi
nakleb gavrcelebuli yofila. warsulSi saqarTvelo
almass indoeTidan Rebulobda, xolo XVII-XVIII
saukuneebSi da ufri gvian – evropisa da ruseTis
gziTac.
werilobiTi cnobebi almas – andamatis Sesaxeb
CvenTvis IX saukuneze adrindeli ar aris: `gabrwyindis
andamati igi da saxeni naberwyalni hqrebodian misgan~.
andamati moxsenebulia stefane mtbevaris TxzulebaSi –
`martviloba gobronisi~ (X saukunis dasawyisi). arsen
ber-monazoni (XII s.) mimarTavs daviT aRmaSenebels, rom
Sen xar `mtkice, viTarca andamati ganukueTelTa Soris~.
i. SavTeli (XII s.) ambobs almasze: `Tvalad almasad
gavnos almasad safuZvel zRuded waxnagebulad~.
`vefxistyaosanSi~ oTxjer aris almasi moxsenebuli.
SoTa rusTveli mas icnobs rogorc magar qvas. gvxvdeba
andamatic: `gaxeTqa lali gaTlili andamatisa kveriTa~.
almasi xSiradaa naxsenebi qarTul xalxur leqsebsa
da zRaprebSi rogors simagris, simtkicis simbolo.
xelnawerSi, romelic daculia quTaisis muzeumSi
(f. 242), almasi vrclad aris daxasiaTebuli. gansakuTrebiT
sainteresoa `kalmasobis~ avtoris mier almasis
aRwera ( H -21-70): `es qva aris elvare da ZvirfasTa
qvaTa Soris pirvelisa xarisxisa mqoni. simyariT da
simagriT aRematebis sxvaTa yovelTa qvaTa zeda da saxe-
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