Work / monument · monument

Ka'ba-ye Zartosht

Also known as Kaaba of Zoroaster

The Ka'ba-ye Zartosht is a square stone tower of the Achaemenid period at Naqsh-e Rostam near Persepolis in Iran; its original purpose is still debated. Its walls carry the long trilingual inscription of the Sasanian king Shapur I, in Middle Persian, Parthian and Greek, recording his victories over Rome and the lands of his realm, as well as an inscription of the high priest Kartir.

Ka'ba-ye Zartosht
Image: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 1 profile

Caucasian AlbaniaGovernance

See also

Cite this entry
APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ka'ba-ye Zartosht. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kaba-ye-zartosht
MLA
“Ka'ba-ye Zartosht.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kaba-ye-zartosht. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Ka'ba-ye Zartosht.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kaba-ye-zartosht.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Ka'ba-ye Zartosht’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kaba-ye-zartosht (Accessed: ).

Last reviewed October 2026Random entry ↻