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(Rīgas Centra daiļamatniecības pamatskolas - Riga Elementary School for Applied Arts)

Šota Rustaveli

Shota Rustaveli

Georgian: შოთა რუსთაველი
1172 - 1216
Georgian poet, one of the greatest contributors to Georgian literature; author of The Knight in the Panther's Skin (ვეფხისტყაოსანი, Vepkhistkaosani), the Georgian national epic poem
(Wikipedia)

artist unknown
2012

Description

Stone plaque with a bronze relief portrait and text in Latvian and Georgian, with a quotation of Rustaveli's poem The Man in the Panther's Skin (verse 834).

Inscription(s)

"Kas draugu nemeklē, tas pats sev ienaidnieks"
Šota Rustaveli, XII gadsimta gruzīnu dzejnieks
Dāvinājums Rīgai no Tbilisi kā draudzības apliecinājums.

"ვინ მოყვარესა არ ეძებს, იგი თავისა მტერია"
შოთა რუსთაველი XII საუკუნის ქართველი პოეტი
ქ. თბილისის საჩუქარი ქ. რიგას მეგობრობის ნიშნად

'Who seeks not a friend is his own foe!'"
Shota Rustaveli, 12th century Georgian poet
Gift from Tbilisi to Riga as a symbol of friendship

Annotation

Unveiled 30 May 2012 by the Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili.

Sculptor

Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Sources & Information

Kasjauns.lv, Rīgā atklās Šota Rustaveli bareljefu.

Locatie (N 56°56'49" - E 24°6'53") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: lv066; Photograph: 10 July 2013
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