Quadrilateral Obelisk :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Quadrilateral Obelisk 1593 y․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Shamkhor / Jagir

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1593 y․

Beshipat and I, Mr. Ghorkhmaz, erected... this cross in memory of our father and mother.

May this Holy Cross protect Mirza Agha. In the year 1593.

The Armenian original published in: Karapetian, S. The Historical Monuments of Northern Artsakh. In: “Lragir,”1995, N 38, March 22, p. 6.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 500.

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

An obelisk found in the older part of the village cemetery

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

An obelisk found in the older part of the village cemetery

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

An obelisk found in the older part of the village cemetery

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

An obelisk found in the older part of the village cemetery