DSo

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.

DSo, inscription on a slab of marble from Susa

Inscription in Old Persian and Babylonian, written on a slab of marble.

  1. [lacuna] naša
  2. tam \ akunavam \ thâtiy \ Dâ
  3. rayavauš \ XŠ \ vašnâ \ AMha \ Çûš
  4. âyâ \ idâ \ frašam \ akunavam

[...] this relief I made.
Darius the King says: by the grace of Ahuramazda, I built something excellent here at Susa.

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