Khachkar :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Khachkar 1650 y․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Touz / Krzen

Inscription, Armenian, Embossed, Commemoration 1650 y․

3 lines in the Armenian original engraved in embossed letters on and below the cornice of a cross-stone (155 x 40 to 60 x 24 centimetres):
...to Hurum. May this Holy Cross protect Hovsep. In the year 1650. Sculpted by Unan.
Note: Krzen Cemetery retains 4 inscribed tombstones that are the handiwork of sculptor Unan. Three of them are dated 1650, 1652 and 1653.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 540.

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

Type Photo
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Non-Specified
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․