Pedestal :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Pedestal 1251 y․

Georgia / Javakhk / Akhalkalak / Akhalkalak

Location

It lies in the citadel site, among the buildings of later periods.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 61.

Description

The khachkar pedestal (100 x 72 x 55 centimetres) is placed in the stairway of a house.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 61.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1251 y․

One of the faces of the khachkar is carved with a 7-line weathered inscription in the Armenian language:
ՈՎ Տ(Է)Ր Յ(ԻՍՈՒՍ). ՅՈՒՍ ԵՒ ԴԱՒԱՆ. ԱՌԱ|ՔԵԱ ...ԿԱՆ. Ի ՓՐԿՈՒԹԻ(ՒՆ) | ԱԶԳԻՍ ... ՏԵՂԻ ... |... |... ՈՎ Ս(ՈՒՐ)Բ ՆՇԱՆ ԵՒ ՊԱՏՎԱԿԱՆ... |ՈՒ ՍԱՐԳՍԻ ԵՒ ԽԱՉԿԱՆՆ ԼԵՐ ՔԱՎ|ԱՐԱՆ ՅԱՀ... Թ(ԻՎՆ) Չ... (1251՞): Transl.: Lord Jesus... for the salvation of my nation...

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 61. Note: In most parts, the inscription is absolutely unintelligible to be translated.

Type Photo
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

An inscribed cross pedestal (1251?) amidst the ruins of the city site.

Type Copied Lapidary Inscription
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Graphical Drawing
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

Type Photo
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

An inscribed cross pedestal (1251?) amidst the ruins of the city site.