Grave-stone :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Grave-stone 1673 y․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Khanlar / Getashen

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1673 y․

3 lines in the Armenian original inscribed on the southern face of a tombstone (170 x 32 x 79 centimetres):
In the year 1673. In this grave reposes Yetkar. May this Holy Cross protect [and] save his soul. In memory of Melik Kamal [and] Aghasi Bey.
The Armenian original published in: Corpus Inscriptionum Armenicarum, part 5. Compiled by Barkhudarian, S. Yerevan, 1982, p. 236 (the decipherment is incomplete).
Note: The letters of the epitaph are embossed, except for the first line. The last one is engraved in mirror reflection.