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The Heniochi and probably the Soanes (Strabo 11.2. 19) gave rhe Greeks living in the city of Dioscurias and its chrtra a very rough time. Excavation of
this par-t of colchis has yielded an exceptionally high number of weapons (of
both Greek and local production), evidence of the hostile relationship between
the Greeks and the Heniochi (voronov 1915: l99l). These tribes used even to
attack coastal cities (Plin., NH 6. 15. 16). An important indication comes from
the bronze inscription (beginning of the 3rd century BC) from Eshera (part of
the chora of Dioscurias) (Shamba 1980, 5-5; Kaukhchishvili 1985; vinogradov 1997, 596-601). The inscription is highly fiagmented, which makes ir
impossible to form any clear idea of its content, but the several surviving
words are sufficient to show that this is some particularly imporlant document, such as a decree or historical chronicle, concemed with some military
events (vinogradov 1991,596-601). It is very difficult to gain a firm impression of the events described but, if we take M.p. Inadze's speculation (based
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