DPb
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.
DPb, inscription from Persepolis
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Inscription (in one line) on the garment of Darius on a relief in his Palace, and (in four lines) above the portrait of Xerxes on the reliefs of his Palace. (The picture shows the latter, fallen upside down.).
- Dârayavauš \ xšâya
- thiya \ vazraka \ Viš
- tâspahyâ \ puça
- \ Haxâmanišiya \
Darius, the great king, son of Hystaspes, an Achaemenid.
Literature
- Pierre Lecoq, Les inscriptions de la Perse achéménide (1997 Paris)