This is a list of Sasanian inscription, which include remaining official inscriptions on rocks, as well as minor ones written on bricks, metal, wood, hide, papyri, and gems. Their significance is in the areas of linguistics, history, and study of religion in Persia. Some of the inscriptions are lost and are known only through tradition.

Early royal Sasanian inscriptions were trilingual: Middle Persian (in Inscriptional Pahlavi), Parthian (in Inscriptional Parthian) and Greek. Since the rule of Narseh, Greek was omitted. Book Pahlavi script replaced Inscriptional Pahlavi in late Middle Persian inscriptions.

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Sasanian inscriptions

Name	Attributed to	Location	Language(s)	Notes	Photo
Shapur I's inscription at the Ka'ba-ye Zartosht (ŠKZ, RGDS)	Shapur I	Kaaba-ye Zartosht	Middle Persian, Parthian, Greek
Kartir's inscription at Naghsh-e Rajab[1]	Kartir	Naghsh-e Rajab	Middle Persian
Investiture of Ardashir I	Ardashir I	Naqsh-e Rostam, Fars	Middle Persian, Parthian, Greek
Inscription of Shapur II and Shapur III at Taq-e Bostan	Shapur II, Shapur III	Taq-e Bostan	Middle Persian
Paikuli inscription[2]	Narseh	Barkal village, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq	Middle Persian, Parthian
Shapur I's inscription at Naqsh-e Rostam	Shapur I	Naqsh-e Rostam	Middle Persian, Parthian, Greek	Only part of the Greek inscriptions remains
Inscription on Gor's bridge	Mihr-Narseh	Gor, Fars	Middle Persian
Inscription in the fire-temple of Abruwan	Mihr-Narseh	Abruwan		Lost; attested in al-Istakhri's work
Shapur I inscription in Hajiabad[3]	Shapur I	Hajiabad, near Istakhr	Middle Persian, Parthian
Inscription of Shapur Sakanshah	Shapur Sakanshah	Tachara Palace, Persepolis, Fars	Middle Persian

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  Parthian version of Shapur I's inscription at the Ka'ba-ye Zartosht
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  Parthian (above), along with Greek (below) versions of Shapur inscription in Naqsh-e Rajab
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  Shapur III's inscription in Taq-e Bostan
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  Inscription of Apasa the Scribe
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  Sasanian inscription in Meshginshahr
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  Stone cross with Book Pahlavi writings. Valiyapalli Church in Kottayam, Kerala, India
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  Sasanian relief with Inscriptional Pahlavi monogram ʾpr, which stands for abzūn farr, meaning "May his farr increase!"