<sod>The earliest attested use of Pahlavi dates to the reign of [[Arsaces I of Parthia]] (250 BC) in early [[Parthian coins]] with Pahlavi scipts.<ref name="Mirza_2002_162">{{harvnb|Mirza|2002|p=162}}, no citation, but probably referring to West{{harvnb|West|1904}}</ref> There are also several Pahlavi texts written during the reign of [[Mithridates I of Parthia|Mithridates I]] (''r.'' 171–138 BC).<ref name="Boyce_2002_106">{{harvnb|Boyce|2002|p=106}}.</ref> The cellars of the treasury at Mithradatkird (near modern-day [[Nisa, Iran|Nisa]]) reveal thousands of pottery sherds with brief records; several [[Ostracon|ostraca]] that are fully dated <!-- (following the [[Zoroastrian calendar]] as it had been introduced by [[Artaxerxes II]], but with the regnal year of Mithridates)--> bear references to members of the immediate family of the king.<ref name="Weber_1992">{{harvnb|Boyce|2002|p=106}} ''cf.'' {{harvnb|Weber|1992}}.</ref><eod>
<sod>The earliest attested use of Pahlavi dates to the reign of [[Arsaces I of Parthia]] (250 BC) in early [[Parthian coins]] with Pahlavi scipts.<ref>{{harvnb|Mirza|2002|p=162}}, no citation, but probably referring to {{harvnb|West|1904}}</ref> There are also several Pahlavi texts written during the reign of [[Mithridates I of Parthia|Mithridates I]] (''r.'' 171–138 BC).<ref name="Boyce_2002_106">{{harvnb|Boyce|2002|p=106}}.</ref> The cellars of the treasury at Mithradatkird (near modern-day [[Nisa, Iran|Nisa]]) reveal thousands of pottery sherds with brief records; several [[Ostracon|ostraca]] that are fully dated <!-- (following the [[Zoroastrian calendar]] as it had been introduced by [[Artaxerxes II]], but with the regnal year of Mithridates)--> bear references to members of the immediate family of the king.<ref name="Weber_1992">{{harvnb|Boyce|2002|p=106}} ''cf.'' {{harvnb|Weber|1992}}.</ref><eod>