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Grave-stone 1641 y․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Dashkesan / Ghotyul

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1641 y․

5 lines in the Armenian original carved on the western, narrow side of a gravestone:
May this Holy Cross protect Nerses’ soul. 1641.
The Armenian original published in: Corpus Inscriptionum Armenicarum, part 5. Compiled by Barkhudarian, S. Yerevan, 1982, p. 256.
Note: The southern face of the tombstone bears some reliefs with scenes of everyday life.