This is a list of Sasanian inscription, which include remaining official inscriptions on rocks, as well as minor ones written on bricks, metal, wood, hide, papyri, and gems. Their significance is in the areas of linguistics, history, and study of religion in Persia. Some of the inscriptions are lost and are known only through tradition.
List of Sasanian inscriptions
editEarly royal Sasanian inscriptions were trilingual: Middle Persian (in Inscriptional Pahlavi), Parthian (in Inscriptional Parthian) and Greek. Since the rule of Narseh, Greek was omitted. Book Pahlavi script replaced Inscriptional Pahlavi in late Middle Persian inscriptions.
- Parthian version of Shapur I's inscription at the Ka'ba-ye Zartosht
- Parthian (above), along with Greek (below) versions of Shapur inscription in Naqsh-e Rajab
- Shapur III's inscription in Taq-e Bostan
References
edit- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-06-29. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
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- ^ "Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica".
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