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Behistun
or Bisotun: town in Iran, site of several ancient monuments, including
a famous inscription by the Persian king Darius
I the Great (522- 486 BCE), the great organizer of the Achaemenid empire.
On these pages, you can find drawings, a translitteration and an adapted version of the King/Thompson translation of the inscription. |
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Column 2, lines 46-54 |
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| (28b) by the grace of Ahuramazda
did my army utterly overthrow that rebel host. On the ninth day of the
month Thâigaciš
[20 June 521] the battle was fought by them. Then Dâdarši
waited
for me in Armenia,
until I came into Armenia.
(29a) King Darius says: A Persian named Vaumisa, my servant, I sent into Armenia, and I said unto him: 'Go, smite that host which is in revolt, and does not acknowledge me.' Then Vaumisa went forth. When he had come to Armenia, the rebels assembled and advanced against Vaumisa to give him battle. At a place in Assyria called Izala they joined battle. Ahuramazda brought me help; |
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: Achaemenid Royal inscriptions |
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