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Khachkar 1233 y․

NKR / Karvajar / Dadivank

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1233 y․

10 lines in the Armenian original:
“YEAR 1233. I, FATHER GRIGORIS, SON OF VASAK, THE MARTYR, THE SUPERIOR OF HOLY DADU VANK ERECTED THIS CROSS OF DEATH. WHILE READING, REMEMBER ME IN JESUS CHRIST.”

Published in: "Corpus", Issue 5, compiled by S. Barkhudarian, Yerevan, 1982, p. 210; Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 111-112. Note: the lines 1, 2, and 10 were omitted, paleography was obviously distorted.

Type Photo
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative