Grave-stone :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Grave-stone 1914 y․

Iran / Western Atrpatakan / Salmast / Khosrova

Inscription, Assyrian, Embossed, Commemoration 1914 y․

Engraved in Assyrian (4 lines in embossed letters):

Transl.: Here lies Christina, Isa Tomeka’s wife, who died in peace and consigned her soul to God on 7 February 1914. Her husband erected this [tomb]stone for her, spending part of his fortune [for it].

We are deeply grateful to Nikadim Youkhanayev, the spiritual leader of the Assyrian community of Verin (Upper) Dvin, in Ararat Region of the Republic of Armenia, for the decipherment and Armenian translations of all the Assyrian inscriptions included in this book.
Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 321.

Author Sasun Danielian
Date 2017 y․