A Wall Inscription at Garni; A Persian Verse in Tabrizi Dialect

The Garni archaeological site nearby Yerevan, Armenia, is the remains of an ancient complex including a citadel, a Mithraic temple, a summer palace, a royal bath, a historical church, and several Khachkars, inscriptions and bas-reliefs. This paper introduces a Persian verse written in Tabrizi dialect by an Iranian stonecutter as a memento on the right-side entrance wall of the Garni temple and studies its historical context and linguistic characteristics.