Grave-stone :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Grave-stone 1896 y․

Iran / Western Atrpatakan / Salmast / Khosrova

Inscription, Assyrian, Embossed, Commemoration 1896 y․

Engraved in Assyrian (3 lines in embossed letters):

Transl.: This is the grave of Isho, Hosep’s son [who] died on 17 April 1896. This man was killed by some thieves.

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. 318.

Author Sasun Danielian
Date 2017 y․