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288 BERBERIAN AND TCHALENKOThe intensity of ground motion in this region of maximum destruction is alsoindicated by the displacement of tombstones in the cemeteries of Khosrova, Haftavanand Malham. These tombstones, sculpted in the local basalt, are generally made oftwo separate pieces, a horizontal slab about 30cm thick and 80 x 185cm in pl.~n,placed on the ground above the grave, and a solid block about 66 cm high and 60 × 160cm in plan, placed on the slab (Fig. 14). The slabs are partly sunk into the grouad,but it is impossible to ascertain so many years after the event whether they movedFig. 9. Liba Ghucha Ishu (Khosrova). Western facade of the church which was destroyed b:g theearthquake and later rebuilt.