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Khachkar 1634 y․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Getabek / Ghoshabulagh

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1634 y․

“On one of the sides of the road leading to the village, two splendid cross-stones stood on a firm pedestal".
May this Holy Cross protect Father Hovan ... his father, Priest David, his parents Shiraz, Father Hakob, Mirza [and] sculptor Yeghia. In the year 1634.
Reference: Yeghishe Charents Art and Literature Museum. Sargis Kamalian Fund, copy-book No. 1, VI-11, p. 14.
Note: “The white stone of these 3-arshin-high khachkars was brought from Gharaul Tapa. They are adjoined by a heap of stones, probably, the remnants of the cemetery chapel.”