Naqš-e Raǧab(78 words)
[German version]
Rock crevice with four Sāssānid reliefs (and inscriptions) 3 km north-east of Persepolis in Persis. The reliefs show Šābuhr I (Sapor) with his entourage (with Middle Persian-Parthian-Greek inscription [1. ŠNRb]), the bust of the Zoroastrian ‘priest ’Karter (Kirdīr, with Middle Persian inscription [2. KNRb]) , as well as the respective investitures of Ardaxšīr (Ardashir [1]) und Šābuhr I.
Wiesehöfer, Josef (Kiel)
Bibliography
1 M. Beck, Die sassanidischen Staatsinschriften, 1978
2 Ph. Gignoux, Les quatre inscriptions du mage Kirdīr, 1991.
Cite this page
Wiesehöfer, Josef (Kiel),
“Naqš-e Raǧab”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 30 June 2022 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e816780>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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