Darius I 55 (Q007188)
Royal Inscription, Achaemenid, Susa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | Darius I 55 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007188 |
| 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 [0:2] Akkadian 11–Akkadian 22 | I (am) Darius, great king, king of kings, king of lands, king on this earth, son of Hystaspes, an Achaemenid. |
| Obverse [2:10] Akkadian 33–Akkadian 1010 | King Darius proclaims: With the protection of Ahuramazda, this palace which has been built here, it is I who built it. In the place of the palace building its foundations were dug until I arrived at the resistant part of the earth and they were filled with rubble, 20 cubits; on the rubble, the foundations of the palace were set. |
| Obverse [10:17] Akkadian 1111–Akkadian 1717 | These are the materials which were used for this palace: gold, silver, lapis lazuli, turquoise, carnelian, cedarwood, Maka-wood, ebony, ivory and the decoration of the reliefs; all the columns are of stone. |
| Obverse [17:31] Akkadian 1818–Akkadian 3131 | These are the lands who brought the materials and the decoration of the palace: Persia, Elam, Media, Babylon, Assyria, Arabia, Egypt, the sealands, Sardis, Ionia, Urartu, Cappadocia, Parthia, Drangiana, Areia, Chorasmia, Bactria, Sogdiana, Gandara, Cimmeria, Sattagydia, Arachosia, Qadie. |
| Obverse [31:39] Akkadian 3232–Akkadian 3939 | King Darius proclaims: With the protection of Ahuramazda, the materials of the decoration of the palace were brought from far away and I organised it. All I did, I accomplished entirely thanks to the protection of Ahuramazda; me may Ahuramazda protect until I have accomplished all. |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | ||
| 1 | a-na-ku {m}da-ri-ia-wuš LUGAL GAL-u₂ LUGAL.LUGAL.MEŠ | |
| 2 | LUGAL.KUR.KUR LUGAL DUM {m}uš-ta-as-pi | |
| 3 | a-ha-ma-ni-iš-ši {m}da-ri-ia-wuš LUGAL | |
| 4 | i-qab-bi AŠ GIŠ.MI ša₂ {d}u₂-ra-ma-az-da | |
| 5 | GA₂ a-ga-a ša₂ a-kan-nu ep-šu₂ a-na-ku | |
| 6 | e-te-pu-uš aš-ri-iš e-pe-e-šu₂ ša₂ GA₂ | |
| 7 | a-ga-a hi-iṭ-ṭa-at-su a-di qaq-qa-ri | |
| 8 | du-un-ni-šu ik-šu-du ha-aṭ-ṭa-at | |
| 9 | u₃ hi-iṣ-ṣi 20 i-na am-ma-ti ma-lu | |
| 10 | e-li hi-iṣ-ṣi uš-ši GA₂ na-di | |
| 11 | a-ga-a si-im-ma-nu-u₂ ša₂ a-na | |
| 12 | GA₂ a-ga-a ep-šu KU₃.GI KU₃.BABBAR NA₄ ZA.GIN₃ | |
| 13 | NA₄ eli UGU.AŠ.GI₃.GI₃ NA₄ GUG {giš}UR₃.MEŠ | |
| 14 | {giš}ERIN {giš}UR₃.MEŠ {giš}MEŠ.MA₂.GAN.NA | |
| 15 | {giš}u₂-šu-u₂ ši-in-nu pi-i-ri | |
| 16 | u₃ si-im-ma-nu-u₂ ša₂ u₂-ṣur-tum | |
| 17 | gab-bi ṭim-ma-a-nu ša₂ NA₄ ga-la-la | |
| 18 | a-ga-an-ne₂-e-ti ma-ta-a-ta | |
| 19 | ša₂ si-im-ma-nu-u₂ ša₂ GA₂ a-ga-a | |
| 20 | iš-ša₂-a-nu pa-ar-su{ki} ELAM.MA{ki} | |
| 21 | {kur}ma-da-a-a{ki} KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} | |
| 22 | {kur}aš-šur{ki} {kur}a-ra-bi mi-ṣir{ki} | |
| 23 | ma-ta-a-ta ša₂ AŠ ID₂ ma-ar-ra-tum | |
| 24 | sa-pa-ar-da{ki} {kur}a-ra-bi mi-ṣir{ki} | |
| 25 | u₂-ra-aš-da{ki} ka-at-pa-tuk-ku{ki} | |
| 26 | pa-ar-tu-u₂{ki} za-ra-an-ga{ki} | |
| 27 | a-ri-e-me{ki} hu-ma-ri-zi-im{ki} | |
| 28 | ba-ah-ti-ir{ki} su-gu-ud{ki} | |
| 29 | ga-an-da-ri{ki} gi-mir-ri{ki} | |
| 30 | sa-at-ta-gu-u₂-ši-ih{ki} | |
| 31 | a-ru-ha-at-ih{ki} qa-di-e{ki} | |
| 32 | {m}da-ri-ia-wuš LUGAL i-qab-bi AŠ GIŠ.MI | |
| 33 | ša₂ {d}u₂-ra-ma-az-da si-im-ma-nu-u | |
| 34 | ša₂ GA₂ a-ga-a ul-tu ru-u₂-qu | |
| 35 | na-ša₂-a u su-du-du-ur e-pu-uš | |
| 36 | mi-im-ma-am₃ ma-la e-pu-šu | |
| 37 | ga-ab-bi i-na ṣi-il-lum | |
| 38 | ša₂ {d}u₂-ra-ma-az-da e-te-pu-uš | |
| 39 | {d}u₂-ra-ma-az-da is-se-dan-nu | |
| 40 | a-di UGU ša₂ ga-ab-bi e-pu-šu₂ | |
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