Winged Cross :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Winged Cross

Georgia / Javakhk / Akhalkalak / Burnashet

Description

Near an abundant spring running in the middle of Burnashet is preserved a memorial bare of any ornamental patterns. It resembles a dragon stone, but its composition is typical of a winged cross (200 x 72 x 20 centimetres). Apparently, it used to represent a dragon stone connected with the worship of water, but it was later transformed into a cross, serving as an object of veneration during the Christian period as well (a similar specimen is found in Poka Village, Javakhk).

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, pp. 133-134.

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

Type Photo
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․