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Georgia / Javakhk / Aspindza / Tzunda

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 15 c․

Inscriptions in six and four lines on two cross reliefs:
ԽՈ|ՑԻԿՆ, | ՎԱՆԱԿԱ|ՆՆ, ԴԱՒԻԹՆ | ՈՐԴԻՔՆ ԵՒԱՏԻՆ, | ԽԱՍԽ(Ա)Թ(ՈՒՆԻ)Ն ԹԱՆ|ՍՈՒԽ(Ի)Ն ՅԻՇ(ԵՑԷՔ): ՎԱՐ|ԴՕԽ, ԶՄԽԻԹ|ԱՐ: Transl.: Yevat’s sons Khotsik, Vanakan [and] David. May you remember Khaskhatun [and] Tansukh. Vardokh, Mkhitar.

Published in: Давлианидзе Л. С., К изучению цундско-тмговских хачкаров (крестов-камней).– “Вестник гос. музея Грузии”, 1959, стр. 199: Note: The inscriptions trace back to the 15th century.

Cross Relief

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 272.

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Author Samvel Karapetyan
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Type Copied Lapidary Inscription
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Author Samvel Karapetyan

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Author Samvel Karapetyan
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Date 2004 y․