A Structural Survey of Prosopography, Dignitaries and Titels in ŠKZ and Narsi Paikuli Inscriptions

The present paper compares two important Sasanid inscriptions: one is the three-lingual Shahpur inscription on Ka’be-ye Zardosht, and the other is the bilingual Narseh inscription in Paikuli located in Iraq. These two inscriptions are both significant for the way they narrate the political events of that era, and the references they make to kinship relations, internal structure of the government and official titles and dignitaries. This paper both surveys and makes a comparison between such references and narrations.