tsintsila
Tsintsila (წინწილა) is an ancient Georgian percussion instrument that represents a couple of oval plates with handholds.
tsintsila
- Field
- musical instrument
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for tsintsila. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q7849749 · wikipedia · Tsintsila
In this article
History
During archeological excavations in a sepulchre near the territory of castle ("Modinakhe") a couple of plates (i.e. "Tsintsila") were found with other relics. The sepulchre is thought to date back to the 4th century A.D. The similar instruments were found during excavations near the castle of "Mtskheta", "Armazi" (eastern part of Georgia). 4 couples of plates i.e. 8 Tsintsilas were found of large and small size there. The diameter of large plates is 40 cm but the small ones' 20 cm. By their appearance, they look like usual plates. They are holed all around. That plays a great role in sound distributing. The comparison of the old and new plates showed that the Tsintsila found during the excavations in the sepulchre has a better design and sound reproducing than the simple plates used in the modern (military) orchestras that do not have girdles of sound distributing and holes of sound balancing. Tsintsila is also mentioned in many ancient works of literature, for example in Shota Rustaveli's immortal poem "Knight in the Panther's Skin". Different rattling instruments made of metal were also found there: "Lini", "Ezhvani" and "Daira with jingles".
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Tsintsila, revision 1268776940 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
authority record
General reference
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Collectables
20,755 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- trutrukaTerminology
- TruxtonWork
- Truxton IIWork
- tsampounaTerminology
- Tsui no SoraWork
- TsukihimeWork
- TsukikomoriWork
- TsunamiWork
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own an object connected with tsintsila?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.