Gandj Nameh

Hamedan

The inscriptions of Ganjnameh are writings from the time of Darius and Xerxes Achaemenid, which are engraved in the heart of one of the rocks of Alvand, 5 km west of Hamedan and at the bottom of the valley of Abbas Abad. The inscriptions are each written in three columns of 20 lines in Old Persian, Elamite and New Babylonian.

The ancient Persian text is located on the left side of both tablets and is 115cm wide. The Elamite text is written in the middle of the two inscriptions and the Neo-Babylonian text is in the third column.

Regarding the name of Ganjnameh, one can say: Ganjnameh in Persian means the story of treasure, and the general public believed that the secret of the hidden treasure was written in these inscriptions.

The inscriptions of Ganjnameh are writings from the time of Darius and Xerxes Achaemenid, which are engraved in the heart of one of the rocks of Alvand, 5 km west of Hamedan and at the bottom of the valley of Abbas Abad. The inscriptions are each written in three columns of 20 lines in Old Persian, Elamite and New Babylonian.

The ancient Persian text is located on the left side of both tablets and is 115cm wide. The Elamite text is written in the middle of the two inscriptions and the Neo-Babylonian text is in the third column.

Regarding the name of Ganjnameh, one can say: Ganjnameh in Persian means the story of treasure, and the general public believed that the secret of the hidden treasure was written in these inscriptions.