Fragments of the gravestone of Jakub and Magdalena Wojtkun, Ross Cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013., photo autorzy karty, Public domain
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Inscription from the gravestone of Jakub and Magdalena Wojtkun, Ross Cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013., photo autorzy karty, Public domain
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Fragments of the gravestone of Jakub and Magdalena Wojtkun, Ross Cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013., photo autorzy karty, Public domain
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ID: NGR-007866-P

Tombstone of Jakub and Magdalena Wojtkun

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius

Fragments of the gravestone of Jakub and Magdalena Wojtkun, Ross Cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013.

Inscription from the gravestone of Jakub and Magdalena Wojtkun, Ross Cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013.

ID: NGR-007866-P

Tombstone of Jakub and Magdalena Wojtkun

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

Burial site originally marked by a cast iron cross on a pedestal, on a two-stage plinth and base. Base of unpolished granite. First step of plinth with chamfered top edges. The second step of the plinth, tumbled to the ground, tapering upwards, with chamfered top edges. On the front a panel repeating the shape of the plinth, with rounded corners and a relief inscription. The whole originally enclosed by a fence consisting of a concrete band with cast-iron posts and rods surmounted by a rhomboid, joined by a lath. In situ, a fragment of the fence with bent bars survives at the rear, other parts located at surrounding gravestones 10 and 13.

Inscription:

S. P. / Jakób / WOJTKUN / żył lat 96 / ZM. 24 STYC / ZNIA 1902 R. / ŻONA JAkóbA / MAGDALENA / ŻYŁA LAT 85 / ZM. 1/10 1907 R. / BOŻE ZBAW / dusze ich //.

Related persons:

Jakub Wojtkun
Magdalena Wojtkun

Time of origin:

ca. 1908-1911

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 9b (Old Rossa) Tomb number 51

Dimensions:

184 x 55 x 271 cm

Additional dimensions:

overturned plinth: 113 x 34 x 30, first step and base of plinth: 71 x 55 x 51, quatrefoil fence: 109 x 253 x 271

Materials:

coloured magmatic rocks (granite, syenite and others), concrete/jewel concrete, cast iron

Additional Information about materials:

base - grey-pink granite, polished, base - grey-pink granite, unpolished

State of preservation:

mosses, fragmented structure, cavities, non-maintained finial

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

toppled plinth - in the field "dimensions" the height of the tombstone is given, added to the height of the toppled element. Fragments of fence at gravestones 10 and 13

Date of documentation:

2013

Author of the documentation sheet:

Magdalena Bryk, Małgorzata Jaroszczak

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski, dr hab. Anna Sylwia Czyż, prof. ucz.

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