Grave-stone :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Grave-stone 1627 y․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Khanlar / Getashen

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1627 y․

Incised into the edge of the ornamented southern face of a tombstone (133 x 57 x 20 centimetres) whose northern face is absolutely bare of reliefs:
May this Cross protect Grigoris. In the year 1627. Golum, Ehdipar.
Note: The small and capital letters ‘Գ’ of the Armenian word ‘Գրիգորիս’ (‘Grigoris’) are carved in mirror reflection.