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Khachkar 1289 y․

NKR / Karvajar / Tzar

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1289 y․

Carved on the stairs of the pedestal:
“IN YEAR OF ARMENIAN DATING 1289. WITH THE GOD, I, GRIGOR, THE SON OF HASSAN, BRAVE AND VICTORIOUS ARMY COMMANDER, AND THE GREAT PRINCE OF AKAN, HANDABERD, SOT, SHOGHGAH AND MANY OTHER PROVINCES, ERECTED THIS CROSS IN MY VILLAGE, WHICH IS CALLED TZAR, FOR MY BELOVED FATHER, FATHERLAND AND AS AN AWARD FOR THE BRAVERY.”

Published in: M. Bishop Barkhutariants, Artsakh, Baku, 1895, p. 405; "Corpus", Issue 5, compiled by S. Barkhudarian, Yerevan, 1982, p. 222; Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 53. This large khachkar containing the most relevant information is now totally destroyed. Only a small fragment (24x19 cm), also fastened into the window casing of the same school is preserved. There were only four letters left: “... SHOGHG...” (The fragment fastened into the wall of the school is convention ally marked on the plan by N 73).