ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Kyohnaghala Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Touz (District) / Kyohnaghala (Village)

Location

The village extends in a plain 16 kilometres southeast of the district centre, between 470 and 490 metres of altitude above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 545.

Historical Introduction
19 c․

A record left by a visitor of the late 19th century states, “Below Memertlu lies the ancient village site of Kyohna Ghala, now inhabited by Turks. In the course of the excavations, some large jugs, weighing up to 150 batmans, were dug out of its territory. Balasan, an inhabitant of Baden, told me that his uncle’s house retained three inscribed nalbakis found in Kyohna Ghala.”

‘Batman’ is an ancient unit of weight. ‘Nalbaki’ is a dialectal word denoting a household article. Yeghishe Charents Art and Literature Museum. Sargis Kamalian Fund, copy-book No. 1, VI-11, p. 3.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 545.