DSa

Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.

DSa, inscription on a tile from Susa

Inscription on fragments of two tiles.

  1. adam \ Dârayavauš \ XŠ \ vazraka \ XŠ XŠyân
  2. âm \ XŠ DHnâm \ Vištâspahyâ \ puça \ Ha
  3. xâmanišaya \ thatiy \ Dârayavauš \ XŠ
  4. \ vašna \ AMha \ adam \ ava \ akunavam \ tya \
  5. akunavam \ visahyâ \ frašam \ thadayâtaiy

I am Darius, the great king, king of kings, king of all nations, the son of Hystaspes, an Achaemenid.

King Darius says: by the grace of Ahuramazda have I made this. May it seem excellent to everyone!

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