ARAMAZD: Armenian Journal of Near Eastern Archaeology: Volume XIX 2025

Contents

Foreword

Reviving vessels: Deconstruction of the khachkar in late medieval tombstone imagery – Levon Abrahamian, Ara Demirkhanyan†

The unglazed pottery of Dvin in the 9th century according to the archaeological works of 2023 – Hamazasp Abrahamyan

Aruch Cathedral complex: New archaeological insights into the stratigraphy and historical development – Astghik Babajanyan, Sergio Ferdinandi, Chiara Mascarello, Elena Fausti, and Francesca Galanti

The architectural layout of the first Christian temples in the Kingdom of Iberia (In light of new archaeological discoveries) – Nodar Bakhtadze

Les colophons de Siméon de Płndzahank‘ du point de vue du problème de l’identité – Azat Bozoyan

Dmanisi medieval necropolis – new epigraphic evidence – Jimsher Chkhvimiani, Harutyun Khudanyan, and Vladimer Kekelia

The complex world of prince Jǔ anšēr of Caucasian Albania (d. 669) illuminated by the social, cultural, educational, and religious discontinuities of Dawt‘ak K‘ert‘oł’s lament – S. Peter Cowe

Un type méconnu d’église funéraire – Patrick Donabédian

La Lettera di Macario di Gerusalemme e la questione di battisteri nell’Armenia paleocristiana – Nazénie Garibian

The ‘Great prince’ Chesar Orbelian and Chesar’s palace as a unique monument of historical and cultural heritage – Avetis Grigoryan, Levon Vasilyan, Hayk Danielyan, Arman Eghiazaryan, Anna Baghdasaryan, Astghik Simonyan, Tigran Zakyan, Astghik Arzumanyan, Susanna Babayan, and Hasmik Simonyan

The study of the Armenian epigraphic heritage of the Holy Land: A bibliographical survey – Khachik Harutyunyan

Preliminary observations on the agricultural economy of Dvin – Ruben Hovsepyan

The Four Gospels copied by Maximus of Tao in the Jerusalem Collection of Georgian Manuscripts – Vladimer Kekelia

At the foot of the Ararat: Dambat/Tambat. A medieval Armenian ‘city’ on the foothills of Lesser Ararat mountain, Maku county, Iran – Behrouz Khanmohammadi, Ebrahim Bodaqi, Onofrio Gasparro, and Roberto Dan

Death and memory in the rock: Newly discovered medieval rock-cut complex of Ohanavan – Mher Khechoyan, Dianna Mirijanyan, and Hasmik Simonyan

Armenian toponyms based on plant-names in the province of Syunik – Hrach Martirosyan and Anna Aramyan

La reine Mélisende – Claude Armen Mutafian

Armenianate expressions: Exploring the Armenian contribution to the formation of Great Imperial Traditions in the Middle Ages  – Michele Nucciotti

Reflections on Jews in Medieval Armenia and Armenian sources – Zaroui Pogossian

Studying ceramics according to the stratigraphic method: Some examples from the Dvin case-study – Elisa Pruno

Ethnogenesis of Caucasian Muslim Tats, Tats-speaking Armenians (Armenian-Tats) and Mountain Jews in light of a number of features of their languages – Igor Semyonov

The typology of iron nails discovered from the tomb of the martyr of Tsitsernavank  – Hakob Simonyan and Elena Atoyants

Glazed ceramics of the 8th-9th centuries from the city of Dvin – Tatyana Vardanesova

Meghretsots St. Astvatsatsin church in Shushi – Nzhdeh Yeranyan

Summaries Ամփոփումներ

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