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Rectangular Grave-Stone

Rectangular Grave-Stone 1678 y․

Georgia / Javakhk / Akhalkalak / Satkha

Location

It is placed on the threshold of the western entrance of the church.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 438.

Description

A smooth rectangular tombstone (204 x 61 x 17 centimetres).

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 438.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1678 y․

A hardly intelligible Armenian inscription of eleven lines is preserved on a smooth rectangular tombstone:
...ԱՄ ԲԱՐԵԽ... |ԱՐՍ ԷՍ ԳԵՂ|Ս ՄԵԾ ԻՇԱ|ՏԱԿ ԷՐ ՇԱՏԻ|ՄՑԻ (՞) | ԱՄԱՏՈՆՆԻՆ (՞) | ՏԱՐԵԳԱՆ (՞) | ԿՈՄԱՒ (՞) ԻՆՁ ... | ՍԷՔՆ ԵՂ(Բ)ՕՐ ՕՆԱՐ ԷՐ (՞) | ԹԻՒՆ ՌՃԻԷ (1678) ՈՂՈՐՄԻ: Transl.: ...this village, in memory of Amaton from Shatim (?)... in the year 1127 (1678). May he rest in peace.

The first scholar to have attempted to decipher the epitaph is Yer. Lalayan (Երկեր, հ. 1, Երևան, 1983, էջ 61), who was later followed by A. Isoyan (Սաթխա, Երևան, 1995, էջ 16-17). Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 438.

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