Kaʿbeh-ye Zardusht
building, Iran
Also known as: Kaʿbe-ye Zardusht, Kaaba of Zoroaster
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art and inscriptions of Sāsānian Iran
- In ancient Iran: Wars of Shāpūr I
…Achaemenian building known as the Kaʿbe-ye Zardusht (“Kaaba of Zoroaster”). The text is in three languages, Sāsānian Pahlavi (Middle Persian), Parthian, and Greek. Besides the narrative of the military operations, the inscription provides a description of the Persian empire of the time and an inventory of the Zoroastrian religious foundations…
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Persepolis
- In Persepolis: The site
…a square building known as Kaʿbeh-ye Zardusht (“Kaaba of Zoroaster,” a reference to the cubic Kaaba in Mecca). The building, which is roughly 40 feet (12 metres) high and 24 feet (7 metres) square, probably was constructed in the first half of the 6th century bce, although it has numerous…
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