Grave-stone :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Grave-stone 1885 y․

Iran / Western Atrpatakan / Salmast / Khosrova

Inscription, Assyrian, Embossed, Commemoration 1885 y․

Engraved in Assyrian (3 lines in embossed letters):

Transl.: Here lies Village Head Avdishk, Davit’s son [who] departed this life on 15 April 1885. This [tomb]stone was inscribed [with an epitaph] by his son Paulus.

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. 314.

Author Sasun Danielian
Date 2017 y․