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Khachkar 1271 y․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Khanlar / Martunashen

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1271 y․

5 lines in the Armenian original carved on the lower part of a khachkar (130 x 76 x 43 centimetres) placed upside down in the church and serving as a pilaster:
In the year 1271, I, Otar’s son Manas erected this cross in memory of my brother and me...
The Armenian original published in: Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 254; Corpus Inscriptionum Armenicarum, part 5. Compiled by Barkhudarian, S. Yerevan, 1982, p. 243.
Misreading: The Corpus Inscriptionum Armenicarum deciphers the name of ‘Avtar’ as ‘Tavtar.’

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 418.

Type Photo
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Copied Lapidary Inscription
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Sketch

Type Photo
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․