A2Hb

Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.

A2Hb, inscription on column bases from Ecbatana

[Brief Old Persian inscription on column bases. It is interesting to see that king Artaxerxes II Mnemon asks for support from the god Mithra and not, as is common, Ahuramazda.]

  1. apadânam \ stûnâya \ athagainam \ Artaxšaçâ \ XŠ \ vazraka \ akunauš \ hya \ Dârayavauš \ XŠ \ puçâ \ Haxâmanišiya \ Mitra \ mâm \ pâtuv

This audience hall with columns of stone, was made by Artaxerxes, the great king. He, the son of king Darius [II Nothus], the Achaemenid, [says]: May Mithra protect me.

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