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Khachkar 17 c․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Getabek / Getabek

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 17 c․

Incised “into one of the three small cross-stones encircling the southern window of the belfry”:
May this Holy Cross protect Sargis.
Reference: Yeghishe Charents Art and Literature Museum. Sargis Kamalian Fund, copy-book No. 1, VI-11, p. 23.
Note: Probably, the person alluded to is Archimandrite Sargis, who died in 1671; therefore, the inscription may be traced back to the 17th century.