Rectangular Grave-Stone :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Rectangular Grave-Stone 1798 y․

Georgia / Gugark / Marneul / Mets Shulaver

Location

It is placed in the village cemetery.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 267.

Description
1798 y․

Some of the epitaphs of the first generation of these immigrants mention the birthplace of the person buried. Below follows one of them (1798) preserved in the cemetery of Metz Shulaver.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 267.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1798 y․

Carved on a tombstone:
In this grave reposes Father Khachatur of blessed memory, the son of Gharamurat inhabitant Kas. May you who read this pray for his soul and may God have mercy upon you. In the year 1798.

The Armenian original published in: Aslanian, S., Karapetian, S. Shulaver. Yerevan, 2002, p. 43; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 267.

Type Photo
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․