Darband Wall Inscriptions

Period: 560s CE
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Bibliography:
  • H. S. Nyberg, “Materialy po istolkovaniyu pechleviĭskikh nadpiseĭ Derbenda” (Materials for the interpretation of the Pahlavi inscriptions of Darband), Izvestiya obshchestva obsledovaniya i izucheniya Azer-baĭdzhana (Proceedings of the society of investigation and study of Azerbaijan) 8/5, Baku, 1929, pp. 26-32.
  • Gadjiev, M. and S. Yu. Kasumova (2006) Среднеперсидские надписи Дербента VI века. Moscow: Izdatel’skaia firma «Vostochnaia literatura», RAN. (PDF)
  • Gadjiev M.S., Duntsov A.N. “Newly Found Middle Persian Inscriptions of Āmārgar Dariuš in Derbent.” History, Archeology and Ethnography of the Caucasus 19, no. 1 (2023): 173-187. (PDF)

Inscription No. 1
(1) ZNH W MN
(2) ZNH *Р1Ы
(3) dlyywS ZY
(4) ’twrp’tkn
(5) ’m’lkl
 ēn ud az
ēn ābarbar
Dariuš ī
Ādurbādagān
āmārgar

This and upwards

from here (made) Dariush,

the amargar of Adurbadagan

Inscription No. 2

(1) ZNHWMN
(2) ZNH’plbl
(3) phn ’LB’
(4) […] dlyw  ZY
(5) ’twrp’tkn ‘
(6) ’m’lkl

 ēn ud az
ēn ābarbar
pahn čahar
[…] Dariuš ī
Ādurbādagān
āmārgar

This and from this upwards,

width four (cubits), […]

Dariush, amargar of

Adurbadagan, (made)

Inscription No. 3

 (1) ZNH WMNZNH
(2) ‘pl
(3) SNT 37
(4) dlywg ZY
(5) ’twrp’tkn
(6) ’mlkl
(7) krty		 ān ud az ēn
ābar
sāl 37
Dariuš ī
Ādurbādagān
āmārgar
kard

Inscription No. 4

 (1) MN ZNH ’pl(b)l
(2) dlywS ZY
(3) ’twrp’tkn
(4) ’m’lkl		 az ēn abarbar
Dariuš ī
Ādurbādagān
āmārgar

Inscription No. 5

 (1) ZNH W MN ZNH
(2) ’plbl dlyw
(3) [ZY] ’twrp’tkn
(4) ’m’lkl
(5) krty		 ēn ud az ēn
ābarbar Dariuš
[ī] Ādurbādagān
āmārgar
kard

Inscription No. 6

 (1) [Z]NH …
(2)…….
(3) MN ZNH
(4) ‘plbl
(5) Z[N]H…
(б) …l…l (?)		 ēn …
…….
az ēn
ābarbar
…ēn …
…r…r(?)

Inscription No. 7

 (1) dlywS ZY
(2) ’twrp’tkn
(3) ’[m’]lkl		 Dariuš ī
Ādurbādagān
ā[mā]rgar

Inscription No. 8

 (1) MN dly’p b’l
(2) ‘D BR’ LWTH
(3) TLTYN…….
(4) ZY…….NP H
(5) ….
(6) …..KR’ …
(7) krt’		 az drayāb bār
tāg bē abāg
sīh 3…….
i…….xweš
…….
…….har …
kard

Inscription No. 9

 (1) MN dly’p b’l
(2)‘D BR’ LWTH
(3) TL(TYN………)
(4) ……(’t?) MN/H
(5) …….
(6) MN ……’p/c …
(7) ’[m’?]lkl?)
(8) …..		 az drayāb bār
tāg bē abāg
sīh …….
…….
…….
az …….
ā[mārgar?]
…….

Inscription No. 10

 (1) dlywš [ZY]
(2) ’twrp’tkn
(3) ’m’lkl		 Dariuš [ī]
Ādurbādagān
āmārgar

Inscription No. 11

 (1) dlywš Dariuš

Inscription No. 12

 (l) nlskn Narsakan.
Inscription No. 13 (1) ynkn ēnakan
Inscription No. 14 (1) mwšyk krt Mōšīg kard
Inscription No. 15 (1) mwš(yk)
(2) (k)[rt]		 Mōšīg
kard
Inscription No. 16 (1) ’twrgwšnsp k[rt] Āturgušnasp kard
Inscription No. 17 (1) mwšyk krt Mōšīg kard
Inscription No. 18 (1) ’twrgwšnsp k(r)t Āturgušnasp kard
Inscription No. 19 (1) mwšyk
(2) krt		 Mōšīg
kard
Inscription No. 20 (1) mwšyk
(2) krt		 Mōšīg
kard
Inscription No. 21 (1) ’twrg[wšnsp] Āturg[ušnasp]
Inscription No. 22 (1) mwš(y
)k
(2) k(r)[t]		 Mōšīg
kard
Inscription No. 23 (1) ’p āp
Inscription No.  24 (1) dlywš ZY
(2) ’twrp’tkn
(3) ’m’lkl		 Dariuš ī
Ādurbādagān
āmārgar
Inscription No. 25

(1) phny ’LB’ ZY
(2) dlywš ZY ’twrp’tkn
(3) ’m’lkl

 pahnāy čahar ī
Dariuš ī Ādurbādagān
āmārgar
Inscription No. 26 (1) dlywš Dariuš
Inscription No. 27 (1) dlywš ZY
(2) ’twrp’t[kn]
(3) ’m’lkl		 Dariuš ī
Ādurbād[agān]
āmārgar
Inscription No. 28 (1) dlyw[š] ZY
(2) [’t]wrp’tkn
(3) (’m)’l[k]l		 Dariuš ī
Ādurbādagān
(ām)ār[ga]r
Inscription No. 29 (1) dlyw[š] ZY
(2) ’twrp’tkn
(3) (’)m(’)lkl		 Dariu[š] ī
Ādurbādagān
(ā)m(ā)rgar
Inscription No. 30 (1) …………………7…………….
(2) … dlywš ZY
(3) …….ZNH
(4) …WZNHč …
(5) ……….
(6) …….kn		 …….7……..
… Dariuš ī
………ēn
… ud ēn-iz
……..
… kan
Inscription No. 31 (1) [dl](y)wš [Dar](i)uš
Inscription No. 32 (1) ršn ’pl Rašn(u) ābar
Inscription No. 33
Inscription No. 34
Inscription No. 35