D2Sb

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.

D2Sb, inscription on column bases

[Two column bases; Babylonian translation added.]

  1. adam \ Dârayavauš \ XŠ \ vazraka \ XŠ \ XŠyânâm \ XŠ \ DHyûnâm XŠ \ a
  2. hyâyâ \ BUyâ \ Artaxšaçahyâ \ XŠhyâ \ puça \ Haxâmanišiya \
  3. thâtiy \ Dârayavauš \ XŠ \ ima \ hadiš \ Artaxšaçâ \ paranam \ akunauš \
  4. hya \ manâ \ pitâ \ ima \ hadiš \ pasâva \ vašnâ \ AMha \ adam \ akunavam

I am Darius, the great king, the king of kings, the king of all nations, the king of this world, the son of king Artaxerxes, the Achaemenid.

King Darius says: my father Artaxerxes, had almost built this palace. Later, by the grace of Ahuramazda, I have built this palace.

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