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Horse-shaped Grave-Stone 1866 y․

Georgia / Javakhk / Akhalkalak / Kartzakh

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1866 y․

Four lines in the Armenian original below the stirrups on its northern face:
ԱՅՍ Է ՏԱՊԱՆ ՄԱՆՈՒԿԻ | ՈՐԴԻ ՏԻՐ(Ա)ՑՈՒ ՅՕՀԱՆՆԷՍԻՆ ՀՕՎԻՎԵԱՆՑ, | ՈՐ ՀԱՆԳԵԱՒ Ի Ք(ՈՒ)Մ 1866 | ՀՈԿՏԵՄԲԵՐ 10: Transl.: In this grave reposes Manuk’s son Sexton Ho[v]hannes Hoviviants, who departed from this life on 10 October 1866.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 289.

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