Ter-Avetikiants Grave-stone :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Ter-Avetikiants Grave-stone 1860 y․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Dashkesan / Banants

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1860 y․

16 lines in the Armenian original engraved on a tombstone:
... hoping for my resurrection upon Christ’s Advent. Hovhannes Stepanian Ter-Avetikiants. My Almighty God Jesus Christ, You that are a fair judge, do not forget your humble servant Hovhannes when You arrive here on Doomsday to judge both the alive and the dead. Save me from the eternal fire so that I might hear the voice coming from your heavenly kingdom. Have mercy upon your sinful servant and all the creatures on the earth. The other face reads: This tombstone [lies in memory of] master blacksmith Hovhannes Stepanian from the Ter-Avetikiants’ family. Born in Banants Village in the year 1820, he died in August 1860.
The Armenian original published in: “Gardmank,” 1996, No. 3, p. 14.