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s a s a n i a n d a t e s
under construction
april, 2003
Based on Mochiri's tables of dates (circa Khusro I through Khusro II), with a newer transliteration scheme; variations abound. I'll probably end up changing it some more...
Gobl SN = Robert Gobl, Sasanian Numismatics, Klinkhardt and Biermann, Braunschweig (1971)
Kolesnikov = A. I. Kolesnikov, Deneshnoe Chozaystvo v Irane v VII Veke, Moscow (1998)
Mitchiner ACW = Michael Mitchiner, Oriental Coins, the Ancient and Classical World, Hawkins Publications, London (1978)
Mochiri ENIS II = Malek Iradj Mochiri, Etude De Numismatique Iranienne sous les Sassanides Et Arabe-Sassanides, Tome II, Teheran (1983)
Paruck SC = F. D. J. Paruck, Sasanian Coins, Bombay (1924)
Sears MHI = Stuart D. Sears, A Monetary History of Iraq and Iran, CA. CE 500 to 750, University of Chicago, Chicago (1997)
SICA Vol. 1 = Stephen Album and Tony Goodwin, Sylloge of Islamic Coins In the Ashmolean, Volume 1: The Pre-Reform Coinage of the Early Islamic Period Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (2002)
PAHLAVI ALPHABET
Pahlavi (Middle Persian) is read from right to left. Many letterforms are similar: B and Y; R and L; D and K; G and Z; U, V, W and N.
The diacritical marks used to define Pahlavi letters not common to English are unavailable for cross-platform HTML fonts; I've devised the color-coordinated system below to take their places.
| TRANSLITERATION | DIACRITICAL | REPRESENTED BY | PAHLAVI |
|---|---|---|---|
| a |  |
' |  |
| y |  |
' |  |
| kh (also written as x and ch) |
 |
h |  |
| ts, ch |  |
c |  |
| sh |  |
s |  |
| YEAR | PAHLAVI | TRANS- LITERATION |
YEAR | PAHLAVI | TRANS- LITERATION |
YEAR | PAHLAVI | TRANS- LITERATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
'ywk' | 17 |  |
hptdh | 33 |  |
sycsyh |
| 2 |  |
tlyn | 18 |  |
hstdh | 34 |  |
chlsyh |
| 3 |  |
tlt' | 19 |  |
nwcdh | 35 |  |
pncsyh |
| 4 |  |
'rb' | 20 |  |
wyst' | 36 |  |
sssyh |
| 5 |  |
hwms' | 21 |  |
y'cwyst' | 37 |  |
hptsyh |
| 6 |  |
st' | 22 |  |
dwcwyst' | 38 |  |
hstsyh |
| 7 |  |
sb' | 23 |  |
sycwyst' | 39 |  |
nwcsyh |
| 8 |  |
twmn' | 24 |  |
chlwyst' | 40 |  |
chl' |
| 9 |  |
ts' | 25 |  |
pncwyst' | 41 |  |
y'chl |
| 10 |  |
'sl' | 26 |  |
sswyst' | 42 |  |
dw'chl |
| 11 |  |
y'cdh | 27 |  |
hptwyst' | 43 |  |
schl |
| 12 |  |
dw'cdh | 28 |  |
hstwyst' | 44 |  |
chlchl |
| 13 |  |
sycdh | 29 |  |
nwhwyst' | 45 |  |
pnchl |
| 14 |  |
chldh | 30 |  |
syh | 46 |  |
sschl |
| 15 |  |
pncdh | 31 |  |
y'csyh | 47 |  |
hptchl |
| 16 |  |
s'cdh | 32 |  |
dwcsyh | 48 |  |
hstchl |
