Fragment with Middle Persian script from a bilingual inscription of King Narseh

Sasanian

293–302 CE

Not on view

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Title: Fragment with Middle Persian script from a bilingual inscription of King Narseh
Period: Sasanian
Date: 293–302 CE
Geography: From Iraq, Paikuli
Culture: Sasanian
Medium: Stone
Dimensions: 0.62 x 3.25 x 7.75 in. (1.57 x 8.26 x 19.69 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Charlotte M. Bradford, 1952
Object Number: 52.74.2
Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art

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