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Khachkar 1457 y․

NKR / Martakert / Talish

Inscription, Armenian, Commemoration 1457 y․

This ornamented inscribed cross-stone of grey limestone, which is in a good state of preservation, is dated back to 1457:

Transl.: In the year 906 (1457), I, Tarich’s son Sargis, erected this cross[-stone] in memory of my spouse Mart, my parents, children and me in the days of Catholicos Vohanis and Ghan Jhansha.

Ayvazian Samvel & Sargissian Gagik, “The Excavations of Horekavank” in: "Vardzk", 2013, N 9, p. 8.

Author Samvel Ayvazian
Date 2012 y․

Type Copied Lapidary Inscription