Cemetery :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Cemetery 4 — 9 cc․

NKR / Aghdam / Gyavurghala

Description

The most interesting sample discovered in the Armenian cemetery, which surrounded the church, was the tomb carved of white limestone, with gabled upper part, which contained an undated inscription. Judging from the contents, that was the tomb of the brother of the Albanian king Hamam, killed in the second half of the 9th century.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 214.

Historical Introduction

The Armenian cemetery dates back to the IV-IX centuries.

R. B. Geyushev, Christianity in the Caucasian Albania, p. 60; Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 215.