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New Inscription Found at Tatev’s Great HermitageOngoing excavations in the Vorotan River valley uncovered an inscribed stone lintel.
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- Archaeologists found the previously unknown, unpublished text on a stone lintel after turning the stone during excavation work.
- The research center said the inscription is being examined; preliminary data may name someone commemorated by or living in the cell.
- The excavations are being conducted jointly with the French Embassy and uncovered residential cells, utility structures, entrances, and other areas.
- The medieval spring was also uncovered beneath soil and is now accessible and visible to visitors.
After turning the stone over during work at the site, it was found to bear an inscription. This previously unknown and unpublished inscription sheds new light on the history of the construction of the hermitage’s monastic quarters. The inscription is currently being studied. Preliminary data indicate that it contains the name of a person in whose memory the cell was built, or who lived there,— The Historical and Cultural Heritage Research Center of Armenia’s Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, in a press release about the Tatev Great Hermitage excavations.
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