Khachkar :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Khachkar 1179 y․

NKR / Karvajar / Dadivank

Location

Set on the southern side of the entrance, in the western facade of the church.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 109.

Architectural Description

Dimensions: 118 x 56 cm.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 109.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1179 y․

A finely carved khachkar contains a defective inscription of 4 lines:
“IN YEAR 1179, I DAVID, THE SON OF [ ] ERECTED THIS CROSS FOR [THE REMEM-BRANCE] OF MY FATHER ...”