DSc

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.

DSc, column base from Susa

Inscription on a trilingual column base; two examples.

  1. adam \ Darayavauš \ XŠ \ vazraka \ XŠ \ XŠyânâm \ Vištâspahyâ \ puça

I am Darius, the great king, the king of kings, the son of Hystaspes.

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