Grave-stone :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Grave-stone 1869 y․

Iran / Western Atrpatakan / Salmast / Khosrova

Inscription, Assyrian, Embossed, Commemoration 1869 y․

Engraved in Assyrian (3 lines in embossed letters):

Transl.: Here lies Asakh’s son Sargis [who] departed this life on 16 August 1869 A.D. This [tomb]stone was placed by his wife Banosha.

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. 312.

Author Sasun Danielian
Date 2017 y․