Tombstone of Koci and Lala Szyksznis, St Michael's cemetery in Riga, as of 2021., photo dr Paweł Drabarczyk vel Grabarczyk, Public domain
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Tombstone of Koci and Lala Szyksznis

Ryga | Latvia
łot. Rīga

St Michael's Cemetery in Riga

Fragment of the tombstone of Koci and Lala Szyksznis, St Michael's Cemetery in Riga, as of 2021.

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ID: NGR-000625-P

Tombstone of Koci and Lala Szyksznis

Ryga | Latvia
łot. Rīga

Burial place marked by a sculptural group on a plinth and base, in front of which a band in the form of a stone coffin. Figure of two girls seated on stylised rocks, huddled together, sleeping. The older one holds a flower and a poppy in her left hand. With her right arm she embraces the younger girl, nestled against her cheek. She is dressed in a chiton tied at the waist and fastened at the shoulders with fibulae. The younger one hugs the older one with her right. She is dressed in a short-sleeved shirt that reaches her knees. From the front on a rock at their feet a broken rose. On the back at the base of the figure an engraved inscription 247 and a signature. On a rectangular polished plinth on the front an engraved inscription (1), on the back an engraved inscription (2). The plinth with chamfered upper edges. Fence of bars terminating in alternating stylized flowers and lilies, the outermost bars terminating in arrowheads in the form of a stylized flame, gate on the left. In front of the monument a plaque with a painted inscription (3).

Inscription:

(1) + / Kocia i Lala / Szyksznisówny / 1903 / 1904 } - 17/I 1909. //.
(2) mūsu Kociaī ir Lialiai //.
(3) ŠĪ KAPA VIETA IR VĒSTURES / PIEMINEKLIS UN TO SARGĀ / LIKUMS //.
W napisie (1) daty 1903 i 1904 jedna pod drugą spięte } wskazującym na datę z dniem zapisanym w indeksie górnym, a miesiącem w indeksie dolnym

Related persons:

Kocia Szyksznis
Lala Szyksznis

Time of origin:

1909 or after

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 2 Tomb number 13

Dimensions:

140 x 50 x 160 cm

Additional dimensions:

statue: 53 x 31 x 25, fence: 215 x 215

Materials:

coloured magmatic rocks (granite, syenite and others), concrete/jewel concrete, sandstone, iron, sheet, grey magmatic rocks (syenite, granodiorite, grey granite and others)

Additional Information about materials:

statue - cast concrete or other mineral mortar, band - sandstone, plinth - granodiorite, base - granite, band - concrete, fence - iron, plaque - sheet metal

Ceator's signature:

F. Völker

Creator:

T. Wölker

Additional information:

sector 16 according to the administrative plan of the cemetery

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

conservation carried out in 2021 by the National Institute of Polish Cultural Heritage Abroad "Polonica".

Bibliography:

Karta dokumentacyjna obiektu zabytkowego poza granicami kraju, dokumentacja cmentarza w Rydze, 2012, zasób przechowywany w Ministerstwie Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego, Warszawa.

Keywords:

figure, children\'s tombstone

Date of documentation:

2021

Author of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski

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