Period: 7th or 8th century CE
Abbreviation:
Location: Upper Gulf of Thailand
Description:
A shipwreck of the coast of Thaliand was found with various sorts of objects. Among which was a fragment of a pithos with a name etched on before firing in Middle Persian. Choksy & Nematollahi, however, argue that the inscription refers to 40 jars with bitumen lining.
Bibliography:
– Choksy, Jamsheed K. and Narges Nematollahi. “The Middle Persian Inscription from a Shipwreck in Thailand: Merchants, Containers, and Commodities.” Dabir 6 (2018): 144-150. (PDF)
– Guy, John. “Long Distance Arab Shipping in the 9th Century Indian Ocean: Recent Shipwreck Evidence from Southeast Asia.” Current Science 117, no. 10 (2019): 1647–53. (PDF)
⸻. “The Phanom Surin Shipwreck, a Pahlavi Inscription, and their Significance for the History of Early Lower Central Thailand.” Journal of the Siam Society, vol. 105 (2017): 179-96. (PDF)
Transcription: Yazd-bōzēd
(Skjærvø)
Transliteration: 40 tb QYR’
Transcription: 40 tab γīr
Translation: 40 (jars lined with) hot bitumen
(Choksy & Nematollahi)
