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Khachkar 1662 y․

Georgia / Tiflis

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1662 y․

The cross-stone is broken into at least four parts which are engraved with the following inscription:
[Սուրբ խաչս խօջա Բա]րխ(ու)տարին եւ իր ամո(ւ)սին Դարայջանին: Ս(ուր)բ խ(ա)չս բա(րե)խ(աւս), թվ(ին) ՌՃԺԱ (1662): Transl.: May this Holy Cross protect khoja Barkhutar and his spouse Darayjan. May the Holy Cross protect, in the year 1111 (1662).

Karapetian Samvel, Documents of Armenian Architecture, Sourb Nshan Sourb Nikoghayos Church, Tbilisi, Yerevan, 2012, p. 4.

Type Photo
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Author Nick Akopov
Source Colour Negative
Date 2012 y․

Type Copied Lapidary Inscription
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Date 2012 y․