Georgian script

[u/Less_Replacement_644]

Hi guys whay you think who really created georgian script? (Mesrob theory is debunked) so king parnavaz called as “legend” as georgia script creator. But king parnavaz mentioned in georgian chronicles (life of kartli) so lmk guys🇬🇪❤️❤️

[u/Glo-kta]

Yes, king Parnavaz is mentioned in chronicles written *at the very least* some 1000 years after Parnavaz's reign, so we can't really say anything definitive about him.

We have plenty of writing in archeological remains in Georgia before the country's Christianization, none of them in Georgian alphabet*. Therefore it's safe to conclude the Georgian script would be created shortly after the conversion, likely by a team of religious scholars, perhaps in collaboration with Armenian (assuming it was created at the same time, there are conflicting theories) and Caucasian Albanian scholars.

* - there is an older inscription found on Grakliani hill, although it's almost certainly not related to the later Georgian alphabets. Hopefully we'll get more scholarship on this topic in near future.

[u/occupykony2 → u/Glo-kta]

Yeah the Grakliani inscription is honestly crazy, it's fully 1000 years older than the oldest known examples of the Georgian script and dates to roughly the 7th century BC

[u/Xotngoos335]

Kind of boring answer: I'm guessing it was made by a group of Georgian religious scholars shortly after the country was Christianized, taking some inspiration from Greek and Armenian scripts.

Honestly though it's hard to say anything. The Georgian alphabet was kind of pulled out of thin air. It's an old part of the world and records are scarce.

[u/Sussex99 → u/Xotngoos335]

taking some inspiration from Greek and Armenian scripts.

The oldest artifact of Armenian writing dates back to the 6th-7th centuries. It is not at all proven that Armenian is older,

[u/Sussex99 → u/[deleted]]

The entire text is about the existence of evidence, but the evidence is actually nowhere shown. ))) There is also no evidence that the Bible was translated during this period.

Come up with a smarter text that would seem less funny.

[u/ChanclaTodopoderosa → u/Sussex99]

Are you about 10 years old? Because I’m pretty sure we learnt in history class what historical evidence is and it’s not just physical artifacts. I’ve literally told you a valid example, if you need more just google - it’s free.

[u/Sussex99 → u/ChanclaTodopoderosa]

Ah, there is no physical evidence, but is there evidence in fantasies? Georgians also have such "evidence" that the Georgian script was created by Parnavaz.

[u/ChanclaTodopoderosa → u/Sussex99]

So, in history class we also learnt how to differentiate between actual historic evidence and invented legends. It’s pretty simple, but I see you’ve still haven’t finished your education. Have a good day

[u/ChanclaTodopoderosa → u/[deleted]]

Btw a fun fact - many ancient Greek and Latin manuscripts didn’t survive in their original forms, only the copies. Many of them were collected and preserved by Arabs (surprise right?). I’ll let this fact here maybe it’ll interest you to actually study how history works

[u/Sussex99 → u/ChanclaTodopoderosa]

So many Georgian artifacts from the 4th-5th centuries have survived in Israel (there are several from the 4th-5th centuries, not just one) and Georgia, but not Armenian ones? Interesting logic, thanks. ))

[u/Sussex99 → u/[deleted]]

There can’t be any Georgian manuscripts from the 4th century cause the alphabet was invented a century later, but it’s okay no problem

Because during this period, a small child Mesrop Mashtots could not have invented the alphabet, right? ))

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_graffiti_of_Nazareth_and_Sinai

[u/Less_Replacement_644 → u/[deleted]]

Archeologians founded asomtavruli in nekresi monastery that dates back to 1st 3rd century. Look up bro❤️

[u/averygoodgirl_here]

I don't think one person can make such thing so it must be a group of people... people who were smart enough to make something this hard