D2Sa

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.

D2Sa, inscription on a column base

[Badly damaged column base.]

  1. imam \ apadânam \ stûnâya \ athagainam \
  2. Dârayavauš \ XŠ \ vazraka \ akunauš \ Dâraya
  3. vaum \ XŠm \ AM pâtuv \ hadâ \ BGgaibiš

This audience hall [apadana] with columns, made of stone, was made by Darius, the great king. May Ahuramazda and the gods protect king Darius!

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