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Grave-stone 1651 y․

Iran / Western Atrpatakan / Salmast / Haftvan

Inscription, Armenian, Commemoration 1651 y․

On a tombstone (154 x 59 x 50 cm) (2 lines in Armenian):

Transl.: Here lies Ohan’s son, Mahtesy Sargis, who consigned his soul to Christ in the year 1100 [1651] of the Armenian calendar.

Published in: Atjemian, H. “Ancestral Relics,” Vardzk, no. 11 (2016), p. 47.

Note: Instead of the personal name Օհան (Ohan), Atjemian has Ահարոն (Aharon); besides, his decipherment does not contain the word հանկաւ (hankav).

Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 212.

Author Sasun Danielian
Date 2016 y․

Author Samvel Karapetian
Date 2011 y․