More on the Old Persian Inscription from Phanagoria, Russia

Last week I noted the announcement of the discovery of an Old Persian Inscription on a stele excavated at excavated at Phanagoria, on the Taman peninsula on the North coast of the Black Sea. Since then there have been a few cursory articles on this, including one in The Art Newspaper, but nothing giving any new information.

But I was alerted this morning by @Spartokosalu of Russian television coverage of the object, complete with some very interesting images of the inscription:

A New Inscription of Darius I excavated at Phanagoria, North of the Black Sea

It is reported today that excavations at Phanagoria, on the Taman Peninsula, on the North of the Black Sea, have uncovered a fragment of a stela bearing an Old Persian inscription of Darius I.

La dernière découverte en date a été rendue publique le 4 août 2016. C’est un fragment de stèle cunéiforme, en lange perse, qui mentionnerait Milet et émanerait de Darius Ier, roi de Perse (521-486). Elle a été découverte dans un contexte archéologique de la première moitié du Ve s. Les inscriptions de ce type ont surtout été trouvées à Persépolis, capitale perse.

 Read the report here,  and the original Russian language press release here.