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Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Construction 1717 y․

Engraved on the gate opening in the south of the monastic enclosure:
I, Archimandrite Mkrtich, had these ramparts built at 28 tumans in the year 1717, under Archimandrite Ovanes, who donated 10 tumans.
The Armenian original published in: Jalaliants, S. A Travel to Great Armenia, part 1, Tpghis, 1842, pp. 165-166; Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 314; “Ardzagank,” 1886, No. 26, p. 331; Lalayan, Yer. Gandzak District. In: “Azgagrakan Handes,” vol. 5, Tiflis, 1899, No. 1, p. 338; Corpus Inscriptionum Armenicarum, part 5. Compiled by Barkhudarian, S. Yerevan, 1982, p. 267.