Ganj Nameh

archaeological site · 1700 AD – 2100 AD

Ganj Nameh (or Gandj Nameh) is a site located approximately 12 km southwest of Ecbatana. Two trilingual Achaemenid royal inscriptions are to be found here. One of these was ordered by Darius the Great (r. 522–486 BCE) and the other by his son, Xerxes the Great (r. 486–465 BCE).

Coordinates

34.76220, 48.43730

Also known as

Ganj Nāmeh, Ganjnama, Ganjnameh, Ganjnāma, Ganjnāmah (fa), Ganjnāmeh, ganjnama, ganjnamih, gnj namh, گنج نامه, گنجنامه (fa), گَنجنامَ, گَنجنامِه

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
  © GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

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