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Tsits kar Khachkar 1477 y․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Dashkesan / Banants

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1477 y․

9 lines in the Armenian original engraved on the narrow side of a cross-stone:
...I erected this cross in memory of my elder son, Mr. Evitrina, in the year 1477.
The Armenian original published in: Lalayan, Yer. Gandzak District. In: “Azgagrakan Handes,” vol. 5, Tiflis, 1899, No. 1, p. 308; Corpus Inscriptionum Armenicarum, part 5. Compiled by Barkhudarian, S. Yerevan, 1982, p. 262.
Note: According to the local inhabitants, this khachkar, standing on a high pedestal and known by the name of Tsits Kar (the Armenian equivalent for ‘Prominent Stone’) was broken to pieces by an enemy shell in 1918.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 103.

Type Photo
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

The memorial cross-stone of Tsits Kar at the eastern edge of the cemetery

Type Photo
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

The memorial cross-stone of Tsits Kar at the eastern edge of the cemetery

Type Photo
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

The memorial cross-stone of Tsits Kar at the eastern edge of the cemetery

Type Reconstruction
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

The memorial cross-stone of Tsits Kar at the eastern edge of the cemetery (reconstruction)