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Khachkar 1239 y․

NKR / Martakert / Khunkutala

Inscription, Armenian, Construction 1239 y․

A 6-line inscription, carved between the cross wings and on the lower part of a small cross-stone (65 x 32 cm) inwardly set in the western facade of the narthex commemorates the construction of the sanctuary of the narthex-church (1225):

Transl.: 688 (1239). I, Varham, built this sanctuary and gave it a hamadik of land in Hakuren.

Karapetian, Samvel. Newly-Revealed data regarding the foundation and construction of Khatravank, Yerevan, 2007, p. 18.

Author Samvel Karapetian

Type Copied Lapidary Inscription
Author Samvel Karapetian