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Khachkar 1676 y․

Georgia / Javakhk / Akhalkalak / Khavet

Location

A khachkar of the “Amenaprkich” composition (1676) is preserved in the graveyard of St. Sargis Church of Mrakoval.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 229.

Architectural Description

The dimensions of the khachkar are: 100 x 72 x 45 centimetres.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 228.

Description

Its west-looking face is enriched with a scene representing the Crucifixion and animal reliefs.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 228.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1676 y․

A dated, but hardly comprehensible inscription:
Ա(ՍՏՈՒԱ)Ծ | ՈՂՈՐ(ՄԻ) ԾԱՄԻՆ | ... ՈՍԿԵՐԻՉ|ԻՆ, ՎԱՐԾԷԼ|ԻՆ, (ԹՎԻՆ) ՌՃԻԵ (1676): Transl.: May God have mercy upon Tzam... goldsmith [and] Vartzel, in the year 1125 (1676).

Published in: Կարապետյան Ս., Ջավախքի խաչքարերը, էջ 12: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 228.

Relief, Animal Reliefs

Whose west-looking face is enriched with animal reliefs

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 228.

Type Photo
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

Type Copied Lapidary Inscription
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Author Samvel Karapetyan

Type Photo
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1988 y․