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Khachkar 1553 y․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Khanlar / Kamo

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1553 y․

2 lines in the Armenian original carved on the cornice and both sides of the upper cross wing of a khachkar (100 x 60 x 18 centimetres):
This Cross [stands] for the salvation of Trvet’s soul. In the year 1553.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 396.

Type Photo
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1989 y․

Khachkar set in the walls of the church