DPa

Darius Persepolis A

Dating: 500 bC

Text

Language: elamite

Transliteration

Style: standard

1
^Ida-ri-ia-ma-u-iš ^ISUNKI ir-šá-
2
ir-ra ^ISUNKI ^ISUNKI-ip-in-na ^ISUNKI ^I
3
da-a-ú-iš-pè-na ^Imi-ís-pá-za-na-
4
áš-pè-na ^Imi-iš-tá-ás-pá ^Išá-ak-
5
ri ^Iha-ak-ka₄-man-nu-ši-ia ak-ka₄
6
hi ^htá-iz-za-ra-um hu-ut-taš-ta₂

Language: persian

Transliteration

Style: schmitt

1
d-a-r-y-v-u-š : x-š-a-y-þ-i-y :
2
v-z-r-k : x-š-a-y-þ-i-y : x-š-a-
3
y-þ-i-y-a-n-a-m : x-š-a-y-þ-i-y :
4
d-h-y-u-n-a-m : vi-i-š-t-a-s-p-h-y-
5
a : p-u-ç : h-x-a-m-n-i-š-i-y : h-
6
y : i-m-m : t-c-r-m : a-ku-u-n-u-š

references: #rai

Transcription

Style: kent

1
Dârayavauš : xšâyaþiya :
2
vazraka : xšâyaþiya : xšâ
3
yaþiyânâm : xšâyaþiya :
4
dahyûnâm : Vištâspahy
5
â:puça : Haxâmanišiya:h
6
ya:imam : tacaram : akunauš

references: #kent

Translation

Darius the Great King, King of Kings, King of countries, son of Hystaspes, an Achaemenian, who built this palace.
references: #kent page 135

Support

type: wall

provenience

site: Persepolis
notes: several times on doorspots of the inner room of the palace, above figures of Darius and his attendants

references: #kent pages 108f

References

RAI RAI, Royal Achaemenid Inscription Project

Kent Roland G., Old Persian (Grammar Texts Lexicon), New Haven (Connecticut) 1953

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