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Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Khanlar / Getashen

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Construction 1285 y․

13 lines in the Armenian original carved on the tympanum (170 x 74 centimetres) of the church:
In the days of Bishop Grigor and Prince Somaj, in the year 1285 by the will of God and on the order of Holy Pontiff Stepan, I, Hovhanes ... priest had this holy church built for the repose of... May those who hinder it atone for my sins.
The Armenian original published in: Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 267; Corpus Inscriptionum Armenicarum, part 5. Compiled by Barkhudarian, S. Yerevan, 1982, pp. 245-246.
Note: M. Barkhutariants’ decipherment is incomplete.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 385.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration

5 lines in the Armenian original incised into a stone set in the southern facade of the church:
I ... joined the community of this holy church with my honestly-earned means...
The Armenian original published in: Corpus Inscriptionum Armenicarum, part 5. Compiled by Barkhudarian, S. Yerevan, 1982, p. 246.
Note: The epitaph dates back to the 13th century.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 385.

Type Photo
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Direction From the south-west
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Photo
View Interior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1989 y․

Type Photo
View Interior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Photo
View Partial view
Direction From the south-west
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative

Type Photo
View Detail
Direction From the west
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Photo
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

The tympanum (1285) of the older church of the village site of Mertsunis

Type Measurement
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Sketch

The plan of the church of the village site of Mertsunis

Direction From the south-west
Author Frederick Berlemont
Date 2007 y․

Author Frederick Berlemont
Date 2007 y․

View Interior
Author F. Berlemont
Date 2007 y․