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        <title xml:lang="eng">Khachkar (cross-stone) at the Church of St. Stephen in Khachen.</title>
        <title xml:lang="hy">Խաչենի Սուրբ Ստեփանոս եկեղեցու խաչքար</title>
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        <authority xml:lang="en">ArtsakhEpiC – Regional Corpus of Armenian Inscriptions from Artsakh, part of the ArmEpiC (Armenian Epigraphic Corpus)</authority>
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        <date when="2026-09-19">19 September 2026</date>
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              <objectName xml:lang="en">St. Stepanos church of Khachen</objectName>
              <objectName xml:lang="hy">Խաչենի Սուրբ Ստեփանոս եկեղեցի</objectName>
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                <objectName xml:lang="en">The Cross-stone of St. Stepanos church in Khachen</objectName>
                <objectName xml:lang="hy">Խաչենի Սուրբ Ստեփանոս եկեղեցու խաչքար</objectName>
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                  <objectType xml:lang="hy">խաչքար</objectType>
                  <rs type="technique" ref="urn:armepic:technique:TEC_CARVED" xml:lang="en">Carved</rs>
                  <rs type="technique" xml:lang="hy">փորագիր</rs>
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                  <term xml:lang="hy">բեկորված, ապա ամբողջացված</term>
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                <layout xml:lang="hy">Եկեղեցու արևմտյան պատի տակ, մուտքի ձախ կողմում, խաչքարի ստորին հատվածում:</layout>
                <layout xml:lang="eng">At the base of the western wall of the church, to the left of the entrance, on the lower part of the khachkar.</layout>
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                  <name xml:lang="eng">Khachen</name>
                  <name xml:lang="hy">Խաչեն</name>
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                <name xml:lang="en">St. Stepanos church of Khachen</name>
                <name xml:lang="hy">Խաչենի Սուրբ Ստեփանոս եկեղեցի</name>
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        <desc xml:lang="en">Photograph by Slava Sargsyan, 2008</desc>
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        <desc xml:lang="en">Photograph by Slava Sargsyan, 2008</desc>
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        <ab><lb n="1"/>Ք⎣րիստոս⎦ Ա⎣ստուա⎦ծ ողորմի Գ․․․/․․․որո, որ գէրեզմա/․․․ս Թամար ամ․․․․
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        <p xml:lang="hy">Տեքստի վերծանությունը՝ Սասուն Դանիելյանի, ըստ՝ hishatakaran.org-ի։</p>
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