Aghjayaz Village Site :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Aghjayaz Village Site

NKR / Kashatagh / Bjants

Location

Another old settlement currently known as Aghjayaz is situated 2 km southeast of the Bjants village at the left slope of the gorge.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 166.

Description

A large khachkar (185 x 155 x 35 cm) is still standing in the lot of a private house in the eastern side of the village. It is decorated by twin crosses and contains an inscription of 9 lines near the lower left corner: