Khachkar :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Khachkar 1491 y․

Georgia / Javakhk / Aspindza / Vargav

Architectural Description

The dimensions of the khachkar are: 106 x 42 x 50 centimetres.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 478.

Description

In a plot of land belonging to local resident Natela Lazarashvili (she has moved here from Khertvis) can be found a thoroughly-preserved ornate cross-stone.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 478.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1491 y․

Engraved with a five-line inscription:
ԹՎ(ԻՆ) ՋԽ (1491). | Յ(Ի)Շ|(Ա)Տ(Ա)Կ Է ԽԱՉՍ ՍԱՐ|ԳՍԻՆ ԵՒ Ի(Ւ)Ր ԾՆ(Ո)Ղ|ԱՑՆ: Transl.: In the year 940 (1491). This Cross is in memory of Sargis and his parents.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 478.

Type Photo
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 2002 y․

A cross-stone (1491) once standing in the Armenian cemetery of the village, but at present found in a plot of land belonging to Ioseb Sheshaberidze

Type Photo
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1998 y․

Type Copied Lapidary Inscription
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Author Samvel Karapetyan