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C. Brunner (1979)
Sasanian Seals in the Moore Collection: Motive and Meaning in Some Popular SubjectsMetropolitan Museum Journal, 14
D. Lang (1983)
IRAN, ARMENIA AND GEORGIA
V. Lukonin, E. Yarshater (1983)
POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INSTITUTIONS, TAXES AND TRADE
A NOTE ON THE GARNI INSCRIPTION DAN SHAPIRA Jerusalem This inscription, found in 1961 at Garni, Republic of Armenia, was published in Perikhanian 1964, who read it as follows: ...MLK RB ZY 'RM[NYNJ BRH ZY WLGS MLK, X, the Great King of Arme[nialns] son of Vologesus the King. This short Aramaic inscription, with its title of the son of Wologesus is of certain historical importance, as the title MLK RB ZY 'RM[NYN] found in its Aramaic form 'helps to solve an old problem. The Iranian title RB' MLK' 'rmn'n of the pre-Christian kings of Armenia, known long time ago,' caused a controversy regarding its translation. This title in its Iranian form is a very ambiguous one, because *wazurg Armenan or *wazurg Šäh Armenan' could have been interpreted as "the King of Great Armenia", or "the great King of Armenia", while the Aramaic form of the title exludes this possibility." The problem, however, is complicated by the fact that the Armenian form, known only from much later period, being a calque from Iranian, t'agawor Hayoc' Mecac', has only one possible meaning, namely "the King of Great Armenia[ns]". In the pre- vious literature, there were polemics about this question, without
Iran and the Caucasus – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1999
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