Border Cross :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Border Cross 1314 y․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Shamkhor / Garnaker

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Boundaries 1314 y․

This border cross bore the following inscription, three lines in the Armenian original:
From the river Kur to Voskanapat via Tavush Gorge. In the year 1314... father Sargis.
The Armenian original published in: Karapetian, S. A Border Cross from Gardmank. In: ‘Azatamart,” N 43, 1994, p. 13, in Armenian.
Note: By fixing the aforementioned toponyms on a map, we get a vast territory whose borders were marked by the historical village of Voskanapat (present-day Zurnabad Village in Khanlar District of Northern Artsakh) in the east; the river Tavush in the west; the river Kur in the north, and the watershed of Mrav and Sevan in the south. As for Sargis, mentioned as the proprietor of these lands, we failed to find any reference to him in other sources so that his identity remains obscure.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 491.

Type Photo
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Photo
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

A border cross (1314) found in the yard of the church of Hreshtakapetats Monastery