Rectangular Grave-Stone :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Rectangular Grave-Stone 1809 y․

NKR / Kashatagh / Tzitzernavank

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1809 y․

The northern side of the tombstone under the southern wall of the church contained an inscription of 7 lines, two more lines were inscribed on the top:
“THIS IS THE PLACE OF REST OF FATHER ASTVATZATUR TER RSTAKESSIAN, DESCENDED TO GRAVE IN YEAR 1809. HIS BELOVED SONS - FATHER GEORG, FATHER GRIGOR, HAIRAPET, DANIEL, OUR GRANDFATHERS -BEGINNING WITH FATHER JOHANNES RSTAKESSEANTS, SON OF THE SON - FATHER GRIGOR TER- [RSTAKESSIAN].”

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 147.

Type Photo
Author Samvel Karapetyan