The middle Persian inscription of Kartīr at Naqš-i Rajab

Abstract

T H E M I D D L E P E R S I A N I N S C R I P T I O N O F K A R T i R A T N A Q S - I RAJAB by R I C H A R D N . FRYE Cambridge, Mass. T h e M P inscription o f the Zoroastrian leader Kartir o n the r o c k at Naqg-i Rajab near Persepolis, has been k n o w n f o r over a century. Carved some ten feet above the