Grave-stone :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Grave-stone 19 c․

Iran / Western Atrpatakan / Salmast / Khosrova

Inscription, Assyrian, Embossed, Commemoration 19 c․

Engraved in Assyrian (22 lines in embossed letters):

Transl.: Here lies Village Head Isho, Sargis’ son. He departed this life in October, being killed on Monday and then finding peace among those fair and virtuous. Every year…

Note: The epitaph dates from the second half of the 19th century.

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. 325.

Author Sasun Danielian
Date 2017 y․