Two Gravestones With Depictions in the Baku Historical Museum

Abstract

There are two gravestones, worthy of interest with their depictions, in the Baku Historical Museum, Azerbaijan. One of them with the number 67 is prismatic-shaped and from Mingechevir, and the other one with the number 64 is ram-shaped, and was brought from the Karabagh region. Though there are inscriptions on both of them, names of the buried are not recorded; thus their identities are not known. The first one is dated to the year 1286, and consists of inscriptions and depictions on their side facades, which were taken into cartridge with ornamented borders. The ram-shaped gravestone has no any date, but its style indicates peculiarities of the 14-16th centuries. There is a depiction of hunting scene on the both sides of belly of the ram sculpture. This essay deals with these pieces, which are interesting with their differentiated forms among the Azerbaijani gravestones, introduces them and analysis their place in Turkish culture and arts.