Kat-Kar Dragon Stone :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Kat-Kar Dragon Stone BC 5 m․

Georgia / Javakhk / Akhalkalak / Murjakhet

Location

One of the dragon stones stands in the older part of the village cemetery.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 405.

Historical Introduction
BC 5 — BC 4 mm․

The village abounds in a wide variety of historical monuments dating from time immemorial. Special mention should be made of three dragon-stones tracing back to the 5th to 4th millennia B.C.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 405.

Description

The one in the village graveyard is particularly distinguished for its magnificence: “...the cemetery of the village retains a large standing stone named Kat-Kar [Milk-Stone, as literally translated from Armenian]. It has a thickness of an arshin, a width of 11/2, and a length of 5 arshins.”

«Նոր-Դար», 1895, N 108, էջ 3: Տե՛ս նաև` Սանոսյան Ա. Ս., Ջավախքի «վիշապ» քարակոթողները,.– «Բանբեր Երևանի համալսարանի», 1982, N 2, էջ 97-98: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, pp. 405-407.

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

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

Type Photo
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative