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Kayrak grave marker with cross from Ilibalyk, Semirechye

Place: Semirechye · today Kazakhstan
Date: 14th century

Medieval river-stone (kayrak) grave marker incised with a cross and Syriac inscriptions, found at Ilibalyk near Zharkent, Kazakhstan, in the old Semirechye region.

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Kayrak grave marker with cross from Ilibalyk, Semirechye

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