Zaza Aleksidze | |
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ზაზა ალექსიძე | |
Born | [1] | 18 October 1935
Died | 24 January 2023 Tbilisi, Georgia | (aged 87)
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Known for | Decipherment of the Caucasian Albanian script |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Tbilisi State University |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Tbilisi State University Georgian National Center of Manuscripts |
Zaza Aleksidze (Georgian: ზაზა ალექსიძე, also transliterated as Zaza Alexidze; 18 October 1935 – 24 January 2023) was a Georgian historian and linguist who specialized in Armenian and Oriental studies. He is best known internationally for deciphering the Caucasian Albanian script.