 In Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri punctuation , various combinations of dots were used as word dividers and to separate phrases , clauses , and paragraphs . In monumental inscriptions and manuscripts of 5th to 10th centuries , these were written as dashes , like − , 
 In Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri punctuation , various combinations of dots <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> used as word dividers and to separate phrases , clauses , and paragraphs . In monumental inscriptions and manuscripts of 5th to 10th centuries , these <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> written as dashes , like − , 
In Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri punctuation , various combinations of dots was used as word dividers and to separate phrases , clauses , and paragraphs . In monumental inscriptions and manuscripts of 5th to 10th centuries , these was written as dashes , like − ,