SKZ | Chapter 1

Transliteration and transcription: Huyse 1999
Translation: Jake Nabel
Note: due to formatting issues, Huyse’s text is reproduced without diacritical marks.

Transliteration

ANE mzdyzn ALHA šhypwhr MLKYN MLKA ’ry’n W ’ny’ry’n MNW šyhr MN y’ztn BRY mzdyzn ALHA ’rthštr MLKYN MLKA ’ry’n MNW šyhr MN y’ztn BRYLBRY ALHA p’pk ML[K]A ’ry’nhštr hwtwy HWYm

Transcription
Az, mazdēzn baγ Šābuhr, šāhān šāh Ērān ud Anēran, kē čihr až yazdān, puhr mazdēzn baγ Ardašīr, šāhān šāh Ērān, kē čihr až yazdān, puhrēpuhr baγ Pābag šāh, Ērānšahr xwadāy ahēm

Translation
I, the Mazda-worshipping god Shapur, king of kings of Iran and Not-Iran, whose race [is] of the gods, son of the Mazda-worshipping god Ardashir, king of kings of Iran, whose race [is] of the gods, grandson of the god King Pabag, am lord of Iran

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