This stela (plate VIIg) was found in association with a wall on the southwestern end of Sk BC 13, 0.95km west (bearing 265°) of Sahakaberd fortress (map quad B3j).
Sk Stela 01 was found atop a gently sloping plateau overlooking the final descent of Mt. Aragats to the Tsaghkahovit plain below.
This small stela was found embedded in the center of the northern portion of a stone masonry wall whose relation to Sk BC 13 is suggestive, but not clear. The worked basalt block is 0.63m tall in total with two definable segments, like those recorded in the Tsaghkahovit survey quadrant. The upper segment is 0.31m tall and 0.23m square. This portion bears the marks of working. The lower portion, 0.32m tall, appears to be socketed, with a slight lip discernible near the stela's mid-section. But rather than the square base seen in Ts Stela 1, this base tapers in a pyramid shape to a narrow distal ridge 0.11m wide.
No surface materials. See Sk BC 13 feature 3 for a more extensive discussion of the associated wall.
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