Աշոտ Գ. Մանուչարեան2026-02-042026-02-042014Մանուչարեան, Գ., Ա., «Թուագրութեամբ հնագոյն, Թ. դարի խաչաքանդակ քար Մեղրու տարածաշրջանից», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս», 2014, Պէյրութ, էջ 403-409https://haigrepository.haigazian.edu.lb/handle/123456789/1151There are only six khatchkars (cross-stones) with date inscriptions that go back to the mid-9ᵗʰ century. These khatchkars are found both in Armenia and Artsakh and are dated between 853 and 886. The author reports on a newly found khatchkar that bears the inscription ‘HRAHAT’ and dates back to 827. The khatchkar was discovered in the summer of 2013 in the village of Apkes, Meghri region of Syunik. The author describes the khatchkar, decodes the inscription and identifies the inscribed name, Hrahat, as the prince Hrahat Sahakyan. He was the ruler of the provinces of Kovsakan and Kashoonik, which bordered Arevik province in the south-west, now the Meghri region of the Republic of Armenia.