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CDLI Achaemenid XPd a composite (P522248)
Official or display, Achaemenid, Pārśa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Achaemenid XPd a composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P522248 |
| Museum no. | |
| Language | Akkadian; Elamite; persian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Pārśa (mod. Persepolis) |
| Coordinates | 29.9343, 52.8925 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a | ||
| 1 | b-g : v-z-r-k : [a-u-r]-m-z-d-a : h-y : i- | Proclaims Ahuramazdā, the great king: |
| 2 | m-a-m : [b-u]-mi-i-m : a-d-a : h-y : a-v-m | “Whoever you are, be it a man or a woman, |
| 3 | : a-s-m-a-n-m : a-d-a : h-y : m-r-t-i-y- | I am Ašmanma, son of Martiya. |
| 4 | m : a-d-a : h-y : $-i-y-a-t-i-m : a-d-a : m- | M (means) : father; ḫy (also means) iyātim (which also means) father; |
| 5 | r-t-i-y-h-y-a : h-y : x-$-y-a-r-$-a-m : x- | Artaxerxes, the Great King. |
| 6 | $-a-y-t'-i-y-m : a-ku-u-n-u-$ : a-i-v-m : p-ru- | I (am) Aḫi-ṭābi, the king's son, an Achaemenian. |
| 7 | u-n-a-m : x-$-a-y-t'-i-y-m : a-i-v-m : p-ru-u- | Now, I (am) Xerxes, the Great King. |
| 8 | n-a-m : f-r-m-a-t-a-r-m : a-d-m : x-$-y-a-r-$- | I (am) Xerxes, the great king, king of kings. |
| 9 | a : x-[$]-a-y-t'-i-y : v-z-r-k : x-$-a-y-t'-i-y : | Proclaims Xerxes, the Great King: |
| 10 | [x-$-a-y]-t'-i-y-a-n-a-m : x-$-a-y-t'-i-y : d-h-y- | X-ayṯi-yānam (means) : ... |
| 11 | [u]-n-a-m : p-ru-u-v-z-n-a-n-a-m : x-$-a-y-t'-i-y | Proclaims Pr[uvz]nām: X-ayṯiya |
| 12 | : [a-h]-i-y-a-y-a : b-u-mi-i-y-a : v-z-r-k-a-y-a | Ahiyaya, Bumiyu, Vzrkayu |
| 13 | : du-u-r-i-y : a-p-i-y : d-a-r-y-v-h-u-$ : x-$- | Darius, the Great King, King of Kings, King on this earth, son of Hystaspes, an Achaemenian. |
| 14 | [a]-y-t'-i-y-h-y-a : p-u-c, : h-x-a-m-n-i-$-i-y : | Ayṯi-yaḫiya means “puc̣,…′. |
| 15 | t'-a-t-i-y : x-$-y-a-r-$-a : x-$-a-y-t'-i-y : v- | ṯatiya (means) : ... |
| 16 | z-r-k : v-$-n-a : a-u-r-m-z-d-a-h : i-m : h-di- | Proclaims Awīr-mzdaḫ |
| 17 | i-$ : a-d-m : a-ku-u-n-v-m : m-a-m : a-u-r-m-z- | I (am) Ahuramazdā, the great king, king of Assyria, son of Hystaspes, an Achaemenian. |
| 18 | d-a : p-a-tu-u-v : h-d-a : b-g-i-b-i-$ : u-t-m- | D’a means “to open, ḫd₂ means bĝib-ī-. |
| 19 | i-y : x-$-c,-m : u-t-a : t-y-m-i-y : k-r-t-m : | This (is) the x-c×-m (Šumma ālu 31 unknown), which means “to go out. The krt-m is a synonym of . |
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