Grave-stone :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Grave-stone 1776 y․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Gandzak / Gandzak / Kilisakyand

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1776 y․

Incised into another gravestone lying in the same place:
This is the tomb of Israel
Who is noble and praiseworthy
Like fair Abel
And is Melik Hatam’s son.
Enjoying the blessings of life
For eighteen years,
He died, leaving us grief-stricken and mourning
On 15 May 1826.
The Armenian original published in: Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 36; Corpus Inscriptionum Armenicarum, part 5. Compiled by Barkhudarian, S. Yerevan, 1982, pp. 227-228.