Darius I 51 (Q007184)
Royal Inscription, Achaemenid, Susa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | Darius I 51 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007184 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Susa |
| Coordinates | 32.1892, 48.2578 |
English translation
By ORACC project ario · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] Akkadian 11–Akkadian 55 | I [(am) Darius, the great king, the king of kings, the king of lands, the king of the earth, the son of Hystaspes,] an Achaem[enian. (Akkadian 2) Darius the King proclaims: these are my lands; the people, who] live [in them, brought me tribute. Into my han]d Ahuramazda has given them: Media [...], Ca[ppadocia], Assyria, [...] Indi[a, ... Chor]asmia ... Under the protection [of Ahuramazda these lands] obe[y me, as is my will.] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | ||
| 1 | a-na-⸢ku⸣ {[m}da-a-ri-ia-muš LUGAL GAL-u₂ LUGAL.LUGAL.MEŠ ša-ar-ra-nu ša-ar-ri KUR.MEŠ ša-ar-ri qaq-qa-ri DUMU {m}uš-ta-as-pa] | |
| 2 | a-ha-⸢ma⸣-[ni-iš-ši {m}da-a-ri-ia-muš ša-ar-ri i-qab-bi a-ga-nu-e-tu₂ KUR.MEŠ UN.MEŠ ša i-na li-ib-bi] | |
| 3 | ba-al-⸢ta⸣-[a man-da-at-tum a-na-ku i-na-aš-šu₂-nu ina qa]-⸢ti⸣ {d}u₂-[ru-ma-az-da-aʾ id-di-nu-ni] | |
| 4 | {kur}ma-da-a-ak [...] {kur}ka-⸢at⸣-[pa-tuk-ka ...] | |
| 5 | {kur}aš-šur [...]{ki} {kur}[...] | |
| 6 | in-du-[u₂ ... hu-ma]-⸢ri⸣-zi-im{ki} [...] ina GIŠ.MI [ša {d}u₂-ru-ma-az-da KUR.MEŠ a-ga-ne₂-e-tu₂ ana-ku] iš-ma-ni-i n-ni ...] | |
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