Persian Inscription Found
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 3:13 pm
naming the Uncle of Darius I
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Written in cuneiform, the stone inscription bears the names of Darius the Great and his uncle, Farnaka, the Persian service of CHN reported on Friday.
His name had previously only been found in historical texts written in other languages. Greek texts refer to him as Pharnaces and Elamite texts call him Parnaka.