Transcription:
§ 1. [an maz]desn bay [šābuhr šāhān šāh ērān ud anērān kē cihr az yazdān, pus mazdesn bay ardaxšēr šāhān šāh ērān kē cihr az 2yazdān, nab bay pābag šāh, ērānšahr xvadāy ham. ud dāram]
§2. šahr pārs, pahlav, [hūzestān, mēšān, āsūrestān, nodšēragān, arabestān, ādurbāyagān, armin, viruzān, segān, arrān, balāsagān, dā frāz ō kab kōf ud arrānān dar, ud hamag parišxvār kōf, māy, gurgān, marv, 4harē(v),]
§3. ud hamag abaršahr, kirmān, sa[gestān, tūrestān, makurān, pāradān, hindūgān, kušānšahr, dā frāz ō pašakbur, ud dā ō kāš, suvl (sugd), ud cācestān, ud az hān ālag drayā, mazūnšahr. ud kunam pērōzšābuhr nām dḥ.ḥštr, ud kunam]
§4. ohrmazdardašēr nām. [ud ēn and šahr ud šāhriyār ud pāygōspān harv amāh ped bāz ud bannagīh ēstād hend. ud ka naxvist ped šahr ēstād hem, (ēg) gordyānos kēsar az hamag hrōm gōt ud germān šahr zōr … kird, ud ō āsūrestān abar ērān]
§5. šahr ud amāh [āmad. ud ped āsūrestān marz andar mešīk pedēmān1 vazurg zambag būd. (ud) gordyānos kēsar ōzad, hrōmāyīg zōr vānīd. ud hrōmāyīg filipos kēsar kird. ud filipos kēsar amāh ō nemastīg āmad, ud gyān xūn dēnār panzsad-hazār ō-n dād, (ud) ped bāz ēstād. 10ud amāh mešīk az]
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Translation:
§1. I, the Mazda worshipping lord Shapur, king of kings of Iran and non-Iran, whose lineage is from the Gods, son of the Mazda worshipping divinity Ardashir, king of kings of Iran, whose lineage is from the Gods, grandson of king Papak, am ruler of Iranshahr, [and I hold ?] the lands: Persis, Parthia, Khuzistan, Mesene, Assyria, Adiabene, Arabia, Azerbaijan, Armenia,
§2. Georgia, Segan [Makhelonia = Mingrelia], Arran [Albania], Balasakan, up to the Caucasus mountains and the Gates of Albania, and all of the mountain chain of Pareshwar, Media, Gurgan, Merv, Herat and all of Aparshahr,1 Kerman, Seistan, Turan, Makuran, Paradene, Hindustan [India = Sind], the Kushanshahr up to Peshawar, and up to Kashgar, Sogdiana and to the mountains of Tashkent, and on the other side of the sea, Oman. And we have given to a village district the name Peroz-Shapur and we made Hormizd-Ardashir by name Shapur.
§3. And these many lands, and rulers and governors, all have become tributary and subject to us. When at first we had become established in the empire, Gordian Caesar raised in all of the Roman Empire a force from the Goth and German realms and marched on Babylonia [Assyria] (Asuristan) against the Empire of Iran and against us. On the border of Babylonia at Misikhe, a great ‘frontal’battle occurred. Gordian Caesar
§4. was killed and the Roman force was destroyed. And the Romans made Philip Caesar. Then Philip Caesar came to us for terms, and to ransom their lives, gave us 500,000 denars, and became tributary to us. And for this reason we have renamed Misikhe Peroz-Shapur. And Caesar lied again and did wrong to Armenia. Then we attacked the Roman Empire and annihilated at Barbalissos a Roman force of 60,000
§5. and Syria and the environs of Syria we burned, ruined and pillaged all. In this one campaign we conquered of the Roman Empire fortresses and towns: the town of Anatha with surroundings, (Birtha of Arupan ?) with surroundings,3 Birtha of Asporakan, the town of Sura, Barbalissos, Manbuk,[Hierapolis],
§6. Aleppo [Berroia ?], Qennisrin [Khalkida], Apamea, Rhephania, Zeugma, Urima, Gindaros, Armenaza, Seleucia, Antioch,
§7. Cyrrhe, another town of Seleucia, Alexandretta, Nicopolis, Sinzara, Hama, Rastan, Dikhor, Dolikhe, Dura,
§8. Circusium , Germanicia, Batna, Khanar, and in Cappadocia the towns of Satala, Domana, Artangil, Suisa, Sinda, Phreata,
§9. a total of 37 towns with surroundings. In the third campaign, when we attacked Carrhae and Urhai [Edessa] and were besieging Carrhae and Edessa Valerian Caesar marched against us. He had with him a force of 70,000 from Germany, Raetia, Noricum, Dacia, Pannonia, Moesia, Istria, Spain, Africa (?), Thrace,
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