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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 3, lines 38-48 |
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| (41b) by the grace of Ahuramazda
my host utterly overthrew the army of Vahyazdâta.
On the twelfth day of the month Thûravâhara
[24 May 521] was the battle fought by them.
(42) King Darius says: Then that Vahyazdâta fled thence with a few horsemen unto Pishiyâuvâda. From that place he went forth with an army a second time against Artavardiya to give him battle. At a mountain called Parga they fought the battle. Ahuramazda brought me help; by the grace of Ahuramazda my host utterly overthrew the army of Vahyazdâta. On the fifth day of the month Garmapada [15 July 521] was the battle fought by them. And they seized that Vahyazdâta, and the men who were his chief followers were also seized. |
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: Achaemenid Royal inscriptions |
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