Grave-stone :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Grave-stone 1856 y․

Iran / Western Atrpatakan / Salmast / Khosrova

Inscription, Assyrian, Embossed, Commemoration 1856 y․

Engraved in Assyrian (2 lines in embossed letters) and French (9 lines):

Transl. from Assyrian: Here lies Odisho Nazi [who] died at the age of 21 on 21 February 1856.

Hic jacet | aumgnou(?) | Ennasi(?) | alumnus [s]eminarii | Khosrov[a]ensis obiit die 11 februarii 1856 | annos 21 natus | R[equiescat] I[n] P[ace].
Transl. from French: Here lies Aumghu (?) Ennas (?), a pupil of the seminary of Khosrova [who] died at the age of 21 on 11 February 1856. May you rest in peace.

We are deeply grateful to Nikadim Youkhanayev, the spiritual leader of the Assyrian community of Verin (Upper) Dvin, in Ararat Region of the Republic of Armenia, for the decipherment and Armenian translations of all the Assyrian inscriptions included in this book.
Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 309.

Author Sasun Danielian
Date 2017 y․