.... :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

.... 12 — 13 cc․

Georgia / Javakhk / Akhalkalak / Gom

Inscription, Georgian Mesropian, Engraved, Commemoration 12 c․

Engraved on one of these memorials known as kheli (representing a hand with royal inscriptions):
†. ჲ(ესო)ჳ და ქ(რისტ)ე ადიდე | თ(ა)მ(ა)რ ... | მმ(ა)თჲ... | შე(ი)წ(ყალე)ნ. Transl.: Jesus and Christ, may You glorify Thamar... have mercy.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 148. Note: The epitaph dates from the period of Queen Thamar’s reign (1184 to 1213).

Type Copied Lapidary Inscription
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Graphical Drawing

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

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

Type Copied Lapidary Inscription
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Author Samvel Karapetyan