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Khachkar 10 c․

Georgia / Javakhk / Akhalkalak / Gandza

Inscription, Georgian Mesropian, Engraved, Commemoration 10 — 11 cc․

წმიდაჲ იოვანე ესე ჯუარი აემართა მაშინ ოდეს პტ. -ნ ჴელმ(წი)ფა... (this reading is disputable). Transl.: Saint Hovhannes (Iovane). This Cross was erected when... prince...

ბერძენიშვილი ნ., idem, pp. 82, 83: Note: The inscription is published according to N. Berdzenishvili’s decipherment. As stated by the publisher, it could not have been engraved later than the 10th to 11th centuries.

Type Copied Lapidary Inscription
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Graphical Drawing