Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: XPd

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	Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: XPd
	In ca.521, the Persian king Darius I the Great ordered that a new alphabet, the Aryan script, was to be developed. This was used for a small corpus of inscriptions, known as the Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions. An overview of all inscriptions can be found here.

Inscription XPd on a pillar	Inscription XPd can be found beside the stairs of the Palace of Xerxes in Persepolis and on the two pillars that once carried the roof of the northern portico of the royal mansion. baga \ vazraka \ Auramazdâ \ hya \ i mâm \ bûmim \ adâ \ hya \ avam \ asmânam \ adâ \ hya \ martiya m \ adâ \ hya \ šiyâtim \ adâ \ mar tiyahyâ \ hya \ Xšayâršâm \ x šâyathiyam \ akunauš \ aivam \ par ûnâm \ xšâyathiyam \ aivam \ parû nâm \ framâtâram \ adam \ Xšayârš â \ xšâyathiya \ vazraka \ xšâyathiya \ xšâyathiyânâm \ xšâyathiya \ dahy ûnâm \ paruvzanânâm \ xšâyathiya \ ahiyâyâ \ bûmiyâ \ vazrakâyâ \ dûraiy \ apiy \ Dârayavahauš \ xš âyathiyahyâ \ puça \ Haxâmanišiya \ thâtiy \ Xšayâršâ \ xšâyathiya \ va zraka \ vašnâ \ Auramazdâha \ ima \ had iš \ adam \ akunavam \ mâm \ Auramaz dâ \ pâtuv \ hadâ \ bagaibiš \ utama iy \ xšaçam \ utâ \ tyamaiy \ kartam
	A great god is Ahuramazda, who created this earth, who created that heaven, who created humankind, who created happiness for humankind, who made Xerxes king, sole ruler of many, sole sovereign of many. I am Xerxes, the great king, the king of kings, the king of all kinds of people, the king of this earth great and wide, the son of king Darius, the Achaemenid. The great king Xerxes says: By the grace of Ahuramazda, I built this palace. May Ahuramazda and the gods protect me, my kingdom, and what I did!

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