A tetrahedral construction leaning on a pedestal rising on three-stepped anchor is situated in the same cemetery, towards south-west from the remainders of the church. The construction is incline broken and have had a top. The corners are rounded and covered with various ornaments. All four sides were curved. On the western part only seven square circles with chipped surfaces preserved. The southern part is decorated with grape leaves and bunch of grapes, by which it is like the curving of Ardvin`s similar construction. The northern side is covered with pair of leaves in opposite directions. In the western side of the pedestal an equal-winged cross is pictured. On the southern side an inscription presented to Gavik and Khorishah is curved. Mkhitar is remembered as the scribe. The inscription might not be the construction`s contemporary names mentioned here meet in the XIII inscriptions of Bardzrakash St. Gregory convent.
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