List of Sasanian inscriptions

This is a list of Sasanian inscriptions, 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

Early 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.

Sasanian inscriptions

Photo	Name	Dedicated/attributed to	Location	Language(s)	Notes	Source
	Investiture of Ardashir I (KNRm)	Ardashir I	Naqsh-e Rostam, Fars	Persian, Parthian, Greek
	Nasrabad fire altar  [ fa ] (ABD)	Shapur I	From Nasrabad, Fars	Persian?	Dating to after 243/4	[1] [2] : 68
	Shapur I's victory relief at Naqsh-e Rostam (BŠm)	Shapur I	Naqsh-e Rostam	Persian
	Šābuhr I's inscription at the Kaʿba-ye Zardošt (ŠKZ, RGDS?)	Šābuhr I	Kaʿba-ye Zardošt, Naqš-e Rostam	Persian?, Parthian?, Greek?	Dating to 260–262	[2] : 64
	Shapur I's inscription at Naqsh-e Rostam	Shapur I	Naqsh-e Rostam	Persian, Parthian, Greek	Only part of the Greek inscriptions remains
	Shapur I inscription in Hajiabad [3]	Shapur I	Hajiabad, near Istakhr	Persian, Parthian
	Shapur I inscription in Naqsh-e Rajab (ŠNRb)	Shapur I	Naqsh-e Rajab	Persian, Parthian, Greek
	Kartir's inscription at Sar Mashhad  [ fa ] (KSM)	Kartir	Sar Mashhad	Persian
	Inscription of Apasa the Scribe  [ fa ]? (ŠVŠ)	Šābuhr I	Bīšāpūr	Persian?, Parthian?		[2] : 64
	Kartir's inscription at Naghsh-e Rajab [4] (KNRb)	Kartir	Naqsh-e Rajab	Persian
	Paikuli inscription [5] (NPi)	Narseh	Barkal village, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq	Persian, Parthian
	Inscription of Narseh at Bishapur  [ fa ]	Narseh (formerly Bahram I)
	Inscription of Shapur Sakanshah  [ fa ]	Shapur Sakanshah	Tachara Palace, Persepolis, Fars	Persian
	Sasanian inscription in Meshginshahr  [ fa ] (ŠMŠ, MeSh)	Shapur II	Near Meshginshahr	Persian
	Inscription of Shapur II and Shapur III at Taq-e Bostan (ŠTBn-I & II)	Shapur II, Shapur III	Taq-e Bostan	Persian
	Inscription in the fire-temple of Abruwan	Mihr-Narseh	Abruwan		Lost; attested in al-Istakhri's work
	Inscription on Gor's bridge  [ fa ] (MNFd)	Mihr-Narseh	Gor, Fars	Persian
	Bandian complex inscriptions	Peroz I /Kavad I	Bandian complex	Persian?

References

1. Lerner, Judith A. (2006). "The Seal of a Eunuch in the Sasanian Court" (PDF). Journal of Inner Asian Art and Archaeology. 1: 114, 118. doi:10.1484/J.JIAAA.2.301928. ISSN   1783-9025.
2. Emmerick, Ronald E.; Macuch, Maria (2008-10-31). The Literature of Pre-Islamic Iran: Companion Volume I. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN   978-0-85773-653-6.
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