The list of Jurchen inscriptions comprises a list of the corpus of known inscriptions written in the Jurchen language using the

Jurchen script The Jurchen script (Jurchen: ) was the writing system used to write the Jurchen language, the language of the Jurchen people who created the Jin Empire in northeastern China in the 12th–13th centuries. It was derived from the Khitan script, ...

. There are ten monumental inscriptions, mostly dating to the Jin dynasty (1115–1234), but the latest monument dates to the early

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(1413). There are also a number of short Jurchen inscriptions on portable artefacts such as mirrors,

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and

paiza A paiza or paizi or gerege ( xng, Гэрэгэ, mn, Пайз, fa, پایزه ''pāiza'', ''páizi'') was a tablet carried by Mongol officials and envoys to signify certain privileges and authority. They enabled Mongol nobles and officials to dem ...

. In contrast with inscriptions in Khitan scripts, there are no known examples of stone-inscribed epitaphs in the Jurchen script.

Monumental inscriptions in the Jurchen script

Other inscriptions in the Jurchen script

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