- Monument date
- VI–VII c.
- PlacementPrevious toponym
In Qizil Goch village of Aghbaba district of Shorayel mahal, later in Gizil Goch village of Gizil Goch district
- PlacementCurrent toponym
Gizil Goch region - Verin Gukasyan since 1938, Gukasyan since 1960, Gizil Goch village Ashosk since 1990
- Classification
Architecture
- Current situation
The gravestone statue in the village of Gizil Goch was appropriated by Armenians and is displayed as an "Armenian monument".
- Information
The Gizil Goch gravestone statue is located in the village of Gizil Goch. On the tomb statue of a ram carved from red-colored stone, there is a jug on the left, a man in the middle, and a horse on the left. The jug, located in a square frame, is decorated with patterns. Ram statues (ram stones) in the territory of Azerbaijan and present-day Armenia belong to peoples of Turkic origin. in Siberia of the Tagar archaeological culture spanning 700–100 BC ram statues were discovered in the surrounding Yenisei area and in the Minus depression. In Azerbaijan, there are horse and ram statues in Gadabey, Kalbajar, Dashkasan and Nakhchivan, in Turkey, including Akhiska, Diyarbakir, Pasian, Arzinjan, Childir and Van.
The village rock is named after the place where the meadow is colored red. The word "goch" in the name of the plateau refers to "goch heykal" (ram statues) carved from red stone. It has been proved by historical documents that the ram statues belong to peoples of Turkic origin.
