კვირიკე რანთა და კახთა მეფის ასულის ელენეს ეპიტაფია
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2021
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On August, 2017 during restoration and rehabilitation work (performed
by the National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia) in St.
John the Baptist Three-Church Basilica of Kalauri located in Gurjaani
Municipality Region of Kakheti the royal tomb was discovered. St. John the
Baptist Basilica of Kalauri contains the royal tomb and unknown inscription
engraved on the same tomb. Both, tomb and inscription, were completely
unknown to the public. The part of the inscription is damaged but the context is
clear. According to the inscription the royal tomb belongs to Elene, the daughter
of Kvririke king of Rans and Kakhs (“Rans”, inhabitants of “Rani”, the
population of Kingdom of Hereti; “Kakhs”, inhabitants of “Kakheti”, the
population of Kingdom of Kakheti. Hereti and Kakheti were part of a single
kingdom during the rule of Kvirike III the Great from 1014 to 1039. Thus, the
title “king of Rans and Kakhs” means the rule over Kakheti-Hereti Kingdom).
Based on the context of the inscription, it is an epitaph of Elene. She is named the Queen, as she was a daughter and a royal heir of Kvirike III the Great.
According to the inscription, Queen Elene had a husband, Prince Demetre.
Presumably, they were heirs of Kvirike III the Great before Elene passed away.
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ეძღვნება ივანე ჯავახიშვილის დაბადებიდან 145 წლის იუბილეს
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წარწერა, კალაური, ელენე, კვირიკე III, დემეტრე
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ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტის საქართველოს ისტორიის ინსტიტუტის შრომები, XVII, თბილისი, 2021, გვ. 453-475 /Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Institute of Georgian History Proceedings, XVII, Tbilisi, pp. 453-475