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Darius I 64 (Q007197)
Royal Inscription, Achaemenid, Suez · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | Darius I 64 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007197 |
| Language | Akkadian; Old Persian; Elamite |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Suez |
| Coordinates | 30.5724, 31.5111 |
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)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | ||
| 1 | [DINGIR GAL-u {d}a-hu-ru-ma-az-da-aʾ ša AN-e an-nu-tu ib-nu-u ša qaq-qa-ru a-ga-a] ib-nu-u | The great god, Ahuramazda, who created this heaven and created this earth |
| 2 | [ša a-me-lu-u-tu ib-nu-u ša dum-qi₂ a-na a-me-lu-u-tu ib-nu-u ša {m}da-a-ri-ia-a-muš] | who created mankind, who created goodness for mankind, whom Darius the King |
| 3 | [LUGAL ib-nu-u ša a-na {m}da-a-ri-ia-a-muš LUGAL-u-tu id-di-nu ra-bi-i-tu ša ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ u UN.MEŠ] | The king who created Darius the king gave great strength to the horses and people. |
| 4 | [dam-qu-u-ti a-na-ku {m}da-a-ri-ia-a-muš LAGAL GAL-u LUGAL šar-ra-a-ni LUGAL KUR.MEŠ] | I (am) Darius, the great king, king of kings, ki[ng of lands], |
| 5 | [gab-bi li-ša-ni LUGAL qaq-qa-ri ru-uq-tum ra-bi-i-tu IBILA {m}uš-ta-as-pa {m}a-ha-ma-ni-is-ši-iʾ] | All this the king of the earth, the great mountain, the heir of Uštaspa and Ahamanissial |
| 6 | {[m}da-a-ri-ia-a-muš LUGAL i-qa₂-ab-bi a-na-ku {m}par-sa-a-a it-ti {lu₂}par-sa-a-a] | Darius the king will say: I, Parsaya, with the Parseans |
| 7 | {kur}mi-ṣi-ir aṣ-ṣa-bat a-na-ku ṭe₃-e-me al-ta-kan ID₂ [a-na ha-pa-ri ul-tu ID₂] | I conquered the land Mišbir. I set up my camp. The river to Ḫaparu from the river |
| 8 | ša i-na {kur}mi-ṣi-[ir pi-ru-u šu-um-šu a-di ID₂ mar-ra-tu ša ul-tu {kur}par-sa u₂-ṣi ID₂] | who was captured in the land Mišbir, as far as the Marratu River, which from the land Parsa to the river |
| 9 | a-ga-a he-pe-er ki-i [ṭe₃-e-me ša ana-ku al-ta-ka-nu u {giš}MA₂.MEŠ iš-tu {kur}mi-iṣ-ri] | This is broken. When you heard that I have sailed, the boats from Misri |
| 10 | i-na [ID₂ a-ga-a a-di {kur}par-su e-te-eb-bi-ru lib₃-bu-u ša a-na-ku ṣi-ba-a-ka] | On this river, as far as Parsu, the heart of which I am your servant |
Sources & licences
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