The Monument of Paikuli. The activities of the Italian Archaeological Mission in Iraqi Kurdistan, past and present
Since 2006 a team of Italian archaeologists and epigraphists, led by Prof. Carlo G. Cereti
(Sapienza University of Rome) surveyed and studied the commemorative monument erected by
the Sasanian king Narseh (293 302 CE) next to a strategic pass of the Qaradagh Range
(Sulaimaniyah Province). Through the data collected from the site and the Paikuli Collection
held at the Slemani Museum, many innovative results have been achieved in the last decade.
More specifically, the study of the bilingual inscription (Middle Persian and Parthian) and the