Il monumento di Paikuli (Kurdistan - Iraq). Ricerche e nuove attività sul campo
The commemorative monument of Paikuli was built by the Sasanian king Narseh (293-302 / 3 AD) next to
the southern pass of the Qaradagh mountain range, about 100 km from the nowadays city of Sulaimaniyah.
The bilingual inscription (Middle Persian and Parthian), originally engraved on two walls of the structure,
specifies both the choice of the site and the historical context related to the monument construction. This
epigraphic evidence represents indeed one of the most significant internal sources on the early Sassanian period.