Rectangular Grave-Stone :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

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Rectangular Grave-Stone

Rectangular Grave-Stone 1717 y․

NKR / Karvajar / Tzar

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1717 y․

The inscription on the other tombstone reads:
“THIS IS THE LAST REST OF SHAYAM, THE SPOUSE OF MELIK BEK, WHO DESCENDED TO THE GRAVE IN 1717.”

Published in: M. Bishop Barkhutariants, Artsakh, Baku, 1895, 406; "Corpus", Issue 5, compiled by S. Barkhudarian, Yerevan, 1982, 222; Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 57. A fragment of this inscription, containing four lines, was also found in the wall of the school.