Rectangular Grave-Stone :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Rectangular Grave-Stone

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Shamkhor / Dashbulagh

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration

Engraved on a tombstone set in the southern facade of the church:
I, Peki Khan, erected this Holy Cross together with my son Voro Khan in memory of...
The Armenian original published in: Kajikian. Travelling Notes (a series of articles). In: “Ardzagank,” 1888, No. 7, p. 87.
Note: The gravestone bore beautiful reliefs, “...including a horseman with a hawk in his hand and another person standing in front of the animal with a wine glass and a hazrabesha (?) in his hand. Close to them, sitting at a table are two people: one of them is portrayed filling his glass with wine, while the other is playing the saz, with spits of meat being barbecued over a nearby fire. One of the sides of the tombstone bears the following words...” (ibid).