Avetik Davtian Rectangular Grave-Stone :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Avetik Davtian Rectangular Grave-Stone 1904 y․

Iran / Western Atrpatakan / Salmast / Mahlam

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1904 y․

Avetik Davtian's tombstone has the following epitaph:
Թշնամեաց տեմ ընդդիմացար, Լեռան գլուխըն բարձրացար, Գնդակահար մարտիրոսւեցար, Սուրբ արիւնովդ կարմրեցար: Transl. You rose against the enemies, ascended the top of the mountain [and] were shot to death, being covered with your own blood. Մյուս երեսին. Աստ նահատակի քաջ Աւետիք մահտեսի Դաւիթեան 1904, ի հասակի 32 տ.: On the other face of the gravestone: Transl.: In this grave reposes martyr Avetik Mahtesy Davtian [who was killed] at the age of 32 in 1904.

Abrahamian Emma, The Pantheon of Mahlam, in: "Vardzk", 2012, N 5, p. 20.

Type Photo
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 2011 y․

The upper part of the tombstone of Avetik Davtian, who reposes in the Pantheon of Mahlam

Type Photo
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 2011 y․

The northern part of the tombstone of Avetik Davtian, who reposes in the Pantheon of Mahlam