Rectangular Grave-Stone :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

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Rectangular Grave-Stone

Rectangular Grave-Stone

NKR / Martakert / Charektar

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration

The other tombstone is engraved with a 7-line inscription:

Այս է հանգիս|տ Պետրոսի ե|ղբայր տ(եառն) Մ|արգարէին եւ | Առաքելա, ա(ստուա)ծ | ողորմի սմա, ամ|են:
Transl.: In this grave repose Petros’s brother, Father Margare, and Arakel. May God have mercy upon them. Amen.

Samvel Ayvazian & Gagik Sargissian, The Results of the Excavatians and Studies of the Monastic Complex of Charektar Village, "Vardzk", 2011, N 4, p. 52.

One of the two inscribed tombstones found in the cemetery after the excavations