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Khachkar 13 c․

NKR / Karvajar / Yeritsushen

Description
13 c․

The beautiful khachkar built into the southern wall deserves interest though it is uninscribed (dimensions: 2.00x90 cm). Its characteristic peculiarity is the relief of an armor-clad rider. Compositionally and by execution technique it resembles many other khachkars with riders found in the province of Khachen (Koshik Anapat, Gandzasar, Okhte Yeghtsi, etc.). Based on the comparative material this khachkar may be dated by the beginning of the XIII cent., while the church was built in the XVII cent. That is to say the Armenians lived in Yeritsushen at least from the XII and to the middle of the XVIII cent.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 39.

Type Photo
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative