Khachkar :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Khachkar 1689 y․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Shamkhor / Garnaker

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1689 y․

Inscribed on a khachkar, set inwardly in the northern wall of the church:
This Holy Cross [stands in memory of] Mr. Gabriel... in the year 1689.
The Armenian original published in: Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 316; Lalayan, Yer. Gandzak District. In: “Azgagrakan Handes,” vol. 5, Tiflis, 1899, No. 1, p. 343; Corpus Inscriptionum Armenicarum, part 5. Compiled by Barkhudarian, S. Yerevan, 1982, p. 269.