DSb
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.
DSb, inscription on a brick from Susa
[Old Persian inscription on two brick. One of these bricks is complete. The text is identical to DSy.]
- adam \ Dârayavau
- š \ xšâyathiya
- \ vazraka \ xšâya
- thiya \ xšâyathi
- yânâm \ xšâya
- thiya \ dahyunâ
- m \ xšâyathiya \
- haruvahyâya \
- bumiyâ \ Višt
- âspahyâ \ puça
- \ Haxâmanišiya
I am Darius, the great king, king of kings, king of all nations, king of the entire earth, the son of Hystaspes, an Achaemenid.
Literature
- Pierre Lecoq, Les inscriptions de la Perse achéménide (1997 Paris)