2024/05/23 by Dickens, M.
paper · doi:10.34920/2181-8592-2023.35en.005
This article discusses a number of medieval Christian gravestones, several with inscriptions in Syriac script, found at a medieval settlement near the village of Krasnaya Rechka, located in the Chu River valley in the northern part of Kyrgyzstan. The archaeological context is described, including other Christian artefacts discovered in the vicinity, after which the discovery of the gravestones is narrated. Each of the six stones is described, including inscriptions on three of them, after which conclusions are drawn.