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Khachkar 1293 y․

NKR / Kashatagh / Hak

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1293 y․

Broken khachkar built in the window casing of a house, almost buried in the ground read:
“ELIKUM, THE SON OF POWERFUL SMBAT GAVE THIS OIL PRESS TO THE HOLY VIRGIN IN 1293. WHOEVER DESTROYS IT...”

S. Khanzadian, What do the Stones Tell?, "Soviet Armenia Magazine", 1984, N 6 (in Arm.).
Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 128.