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An Aristocratic Tomb of the Roman Period from Mtskheta, Georgia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2011

A. Apakidze  and
V. Nikolaishvili
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Abstract

In 1985, a stone-built tomb of the second or third centuries AD was found in the Samtavro cemetery on the outskirts of Mtskheta, the ancient capital of the Caucasian kingdom of Iberia. Its rich contents included a Mesopotamian cylinder- and an Achaemenid pyramidal stamp-seal, three sardonyx vessels, several pieces of silver plate bearing Greek and Parthian inscriptions, Roman coins and bronze vessels, and distinctive jewellery inlaid with carnelian and turquoise. The Society of Antiquaries is pleased to offer the hospitality of its pages to its Georgian colleagues

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The Antiquaries Journal , Volume 74 , March 1994 , pp. 16 - 54
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1994

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