MAIASP. 2021. No. 13 Natia Phiphia ( to the question of the
Identifying King Amazasp of DOI: 10.53737/2713-2021.2021.35.71.033 Access
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Three
Greek inscriptions found in Mtskheta reveal
interesting information about Ancient Iberian royal court. However,
identification of each of the persons, especially the king, is quite
problematic. Still, there are some possibilities to deal. King of Iberia is
mentioned in all three inscriptions, one of them reveals his name fully,
another one partially, while king’s name is lost in the third one, however, one
passage may still give us some hints about his identity or at least about
Roman aspirations of Iberian court. Queen Dracontis
is known only from one inscription. As for the royal
official — commander in-chief and the only minister of Iberian king Anagranes, he is mentioned in all three inscriptions,
being himself the sponsor of all the constructions. The paper focuses more on
the issue of identification of King Amazasp
mentioned in these inscriptions and some other issues connected with the
major topic. |
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Received
August 16, 2021 Accepted
for publication September 5, 2021 |
About the authors: Phiphia Natia ( E-mail: ntpipia@yahoo.com; natia.phiphia@tsu.ge Kobakhidze Ekaterine ( E-mail: ekaterine.kobakhidze@tsu.ge
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