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Hovhannissiants Grave-stone 1885 y․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Dashkesan / Banants

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1885 y․

6 lines in the Armenian original engraved on a tombstone (173 x 40 x 58 centimetres) of yellowish limestone:
Please, look at my grave and remember me: I am Alexandre Yegorian Hovhannissiants. I was still a student in the gymnasium and was about to complete my studies when the Lord called me to heaven. The other face reads: ...came to this world on 2 November 1865 and repose here hoping for resurrection on 12 July 1885. Your unforgettable friend Alexandre Hovhannissiants.
The Armenian original published in: “Gardmank,” 1996, No. 2, p. 14.