Return to Ayrarat near the New City
· New City, Ayrarat, Armenia (conventionally associated with Vagharshapat)
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (PD-Russia) · file After the Mesopotamian journey, Mashtots returned with his party to Armenia, arriving in Ayrarat near the New City and being ceremonially received. The regnal-year chronology is disputed. The coordinate is a representative point at Vagharshapat, conventionally identified with the New City in this context.
