Corpus Inscriptionum Chaldicarum

collection by Lehmann-Haupt

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epigraphy

  • Bīsitūn, Iran: monumental relief and inscription
    In epigraphy: Other inscriptions

    Lehmann-Haupt in Corpus Inscriptionum Chaldicarum (1928–35); the earlier found Hittite hieroglyphic texts, by L. Messerschmidt in the antiquated Corpus Inscriptionum Hettiticarum. The Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum, intended to gather the epigraphs of Persia proper (Achaemenid, Seleucid, Parthian, Sāsānid) and of eastern Iran and Central Asia, began in London…

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