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The Paikuli inscription (, in (アラビア語:بيكولي)) is a bilingual Parthian and Middle Persian text corpus which was inscribed on the stone blocks of the walls of Paikuli tower; the latter is located in what is now southern part of Iraqi Kurdistan near modern-day Barkal village, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq (). These inscribed stone blocks are now in the Sulaymaniyah Museum; the field only contains the stones that were used in the construction of the tower. It was set up as a monument to victory, and tells how and why the Sasanian emperor Narseh (also written Narses) ousted his grandnephew from power.〔Jacob Neusner, ''A History of the Jews in Babylonia'', Vol. 12, p. 3.〕 In 293 Narses marched from Armenia in open revolt against his nephew with a host of supporters and allies, whose names are recorded on the Paikuli inscription.〔Alan K. Bowman, Peter Garnsey, and Averil Cameron, ''The Cambridge Ancient History'', p. 494.〕 This list includes king Tiridates, possibly of Armenia. There is an opinion that this inscription shows that by this time Armenia was no longer regarded as part of Eranshahr, a view that is reinforced from the Roman side by a remark found in Ammianus Marcellinus. == Background == The Paikuli inscription of Narses shows that Asuristan (Babylonia) at least was in Persian hands, but says nothing of Nisibis and Singara.〔C. E. V. Nixon and Barbara Saylor Rodgers, ''In Praise of Later Roman Emperors: The Panegyric Latini'', p. 69.〕 The fact of Amru's vassalage to Narses was preserved by the latter in the Paikuli inscription.〔Joel L. Kraemer, ''Israel Oriental Studies'', p. 21.〕 In the 19th century, when it was visited by several travelers, it consisted of the ruins of a large, square tower that had originally been covered on all sides by stone blocks, some contained inscriptions, but, at the time, lay scattered all around the monument. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paikuli inscription」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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