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Khachkar

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Shamkhor / Nukzar

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Repairs

Engraved on a big cross-stone placed in front of the church altar:
In the days of Catholicos of Aghvank His Holiness Trdat and Persian Shah Abbas, I, sinful... my son, Bishop Maghakia... repaired Sourb Amenaprkich.

The Armenian original published in: “Ardzagank,” 1886, No. 21, p. 307; Lalayan, Yer. Gandzak District. In: “Azgagrakan Handes,” vol. 5, Tiflis, 1899, No. 1, p. 346; Corpus Inscriptionum Armenicarum, part 5. Compiled by Barkhudarian, S. Yerevan, 1982, p. 266.
Misreading: The “Ardzagank” periodical offers the following decipherment of the inscription, «Ի հայրապետութեանս Աղուանից Տեառն Տէր Մինաս կաթուղիկոսի, թագաւորութեան պարսից Շահբասին, ես մեղապարտ Աբրահամ եպիսկոպոս և եղբարքս իմ Ներսէսն կրօնաւոր եղաք...» (transl.: “In the days of Aghvank Catholicos Minas and Persian King Shahbas, I, sinful bishop Abraham, and my brother Nerses were ordained...”).