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Khachkar 1222 y․

NKR / Karvajar / Yeritsushen

Location

It's fastened into the northern wall of the church, beneath the baptistery.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 38.

Architectural Description

Dimensions: 2.40x1.20 cm.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 38.

Description

It was very impressive. Double rosettes made of whickered geometrical ornaments in the lower part, divide the stone in the centre to two parts framed by three whickered decorative belts. Two finely carved elaborate crosses are located within such frames. The cross wings are surrounded by wine-grapes and other symbols of fertility.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 38.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1222 y․

The inscription was engraved both in the upper part of the khachkar (4 lines) and in the lower part (5 short lines).
“YEAR 1222. I ARAT ERECTED THIS CROSS FOR ME AND MY MOTHER A ... MIK, HELP MY NAME ? AND HASSAN. REMEMBER MY PRACTICAL PRAYERS”.