Zakaria Abisoghomoniants (Abesalomiants) Rectangular Grave-Stone

Zakaria Abisoghomoniants (Abesalomiants) Rectangular Grave-Stone 1855 y․

Georgia / Tiflis

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1855 y․

The graveyard retains a marble slab with a bilingual (Armenian in 5 lines and Georgian in 7) inscription which was probably placed there in 1855 in memory of Zakaria Abesalomiants by his son Soghomon:
...կառուցաւ ի 18... | ...1855 ամի արդեամբք ... | ...Սօլօմոնի Աբեսօղոմ... | ... (յիշատակ) ծնողաց իւրոց Զաքա|(րիայի եւ) Շուշանայ: Transl.: ...built in 18... ...in 1855 with the means of... ...Solomon Abesoghom... ...in memory of his parents Zakaria and Shushan. აქ... (მოქა)ლაქედ ყოფილსა | აბესალომოვთ ზაქარიად [სმობილ]სა | სახლით სახელით მეფეთაგან ცნობილ სა | სპარსთაგან მკლვით უნსპარს განსაjდომილსა | მიოხეთ ღმერთან თქვენს ლოცვათ მინდობილსა | მხილველთ გთხოვთ შემიბრალოთ და შენდობა | მიბრძანოთ ღ(მრ)თის გულისათვის, | 1831. 9. 12. Transl.: ...was a Mokalak named Zakar Abesolomov [coming] from a family whose name is well-known to kings [and] sentenced to death by Persians (?). May you remember me [for] I hope you will pray for me before God.

Мурадян П., Армянская эпиграфика Грузии. Тбилиси, Ереван, 1988, с. 113-114. Karapetian Samvel, Documents of Armenian Architecture. Book 1: Sourb Nshan Sourb Nikoghayos Church, Tbilisi. Yerevan, 2012, p. 28.

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Author Sargis Darchinian
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