XPe

Xerxes Persepolis E

Dating: V cent. bC

Text

Language: elamite

Transliteration

Style: weissbach

1
^Iik-še-ir-ša ^Isunkuk ir-ša-ir-
2
ra ^Isunkuk ^Isunkuk-ip-in-na ^Ida-
3
ri-ia-ma-u-iš ^Isunkuk ^Iša-ak-
4
ri ^Iha-ak-ka-man-nu-ši-ia

Language: persian

Transliteration

Style: schmitt

1
[sect 01] {x}-š-y-a-{r}-š-a : x-š-a-y-þ-i-y : v-z-r-
2
k : x-š-a-y-þ-i-y : x-š-a-y-þ-i-y-a-
3
n-a-m : d-a-r-y-v-h-u-š : x-š-a-y-þ-
4
i-y-h-y-a : p-u-ç : h-x-a-m-n-i-š-i-y :

references: #rai

Transcription

Style: kent

1
Xšayâršâ : xšâyaþiya : vazra
2
ka : xšâyaþiya : xšâyaþiyâ
3
nâm : Dârayavahauš : xšâyaþ
4
iyahyâ : puça : Haxâmanišiya

references: #kent

Translation

I am Xerxes, great King, King of Kings, son of King Darius, an Achaemenian.
references: #kent page 149

Support

type: wall

provenience

site: Persepolis
notes: ea on a post of the north door, above the sculptured figure of the king; eb on a post of the east door, also above the king's figure.

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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