Bir el Qutt inscriptions
The Bir el Qutt inscriptions () are the Old Georgian Byzantine mosaic inscriptions written in the Georgian "Asomtavruli" script which were excavated at a St. Theodore Georgian monastery in 1952 by Italian archaeologist Virgilio Canio Corbo near Bir el Qutt, in the Judaean Desert, 6 km south-east of Jerusalem and 2 km north of Bethlehem. The whole complex was built of reddish limestone.

Georgian inscriptions were found on a mosaic floor. Two inscriptions are dated AD 430 and the third one AD 532. The inscriptions "" mention Peter the Iberian alongside his father, and also Bacurius the Iberian who is thought to be a possible grandfather of Peter.

So far, the first two carvings are the oldest extant Georgian inscriptions. The inscriptions are kept at the museum of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum in Jerusalem. Inscription 2 mentioning Peter the Iberian is currently missing.
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Old Georgian
MEDIA
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Byzantine mosaic
Concept
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Asomtavruli
Concept
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St. Theodore
PER
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Italian
Concept
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Virgilio Canio Corbo
PER
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Judaean Desert
LOC
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Jerusalem
LOC
Q5776
Bethlehem
LOC
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limestone
Concept
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Peter the Iberian
PER
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Bacurius the Iberian
PER
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oldest extant Georgian inscriptions
UNK
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Studium Biblicum Franciscanum
ORG
Q1218
Jerusalem
LOC
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Bir el Qutt inscriptions
ORG
1952-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1952
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6
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2
NUMBER
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2
NUMBER
discoverer or inventor
location of discovery
time of discovery or invention
collection