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Transliteration: Henning 1952
Transcription and translation: Jake Nabel
Note: due to formatting issues, Henning’s text is reproduced without diacritical marks.

Transliteration

1 ’rtbnw MLKYN
2 MLK’ BRY wlgšy
3 MLKYN MLK’ BNYt
4 hnsk ZK ZY
5 hwsk šwš
6 hštrp

Date:
ŠNT IIII C XX XX XX II
YRH’ spndrmty YWM’ mtry

Transcription

1 Ardavān šāhān
2 šāh puhr Walgaš
3 šāhān šāh awestād(?)
4 hansāk im(?) až(?)
5 Xwāsak, Šōš
6 šahrab

Date:
sard IIII C XX XX XX II
māh Spandarmat rōž Mihr

Translation
1 Artabanus, King  
2 of Kings, son of Vologaeses,
3 King of Kings, set up
4 this stele of
5 Xwāsak, who of Susa
6 is the satrap.

Date:
Year 462
Month: Spandarmat; Day: Mihr

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