Khachkar :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Khachkar 1181 y․

NKR / Karvajar / Dadivank

Location

Richly ornamented khachkar fastened into the western facade of the church.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 109.

Architectural Description

Dimensions: 155 x 74 cm.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 109.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1181 y․

5 lines in the Armenian original:
“IN YEAR 1181, I GRIGOR SON OF QUER ERECTED THIS CROSS FOR MY BROTHER GIORGE, WHILE WORSHIPPING, REMEMBER MY PRAYERS.”

Published in: "Corpus", Issue 5, compiled by S. Barkhudarian, Yerevan, 1982, p. 211; Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 109. The paleography was distorted.