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Xerxes I 05 (Q007209)
Royal Inscription, Achaemenid, Persepolis · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | Xerxes I 05 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007209 |
| Language | Akkadian; Old Persian; Elamite |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Persepolis |
| Coordinates | 29.9353, 52.8894 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| Persian | ||
| 1 | b-g v-z-r-k a-u-r-m-z-d-a h-y i-m-a-m b-u-mi-i-m a-; | |
| 2 | h-y a-v-m a-s-m-a-n-m a-d-a h-y m-r-t-i-y-m | |
| 3 | a-d-a h-y š-i-y-a-t-i-m a-d-a m-r-t-i-y-h-y-a h-y | |
| 4 | x-š-y-a-r-š-a-m x-š-a-y-θ-i-y-m a-ku-u-n-u-š a-i-v-m | |
| 5 | p-ru-u-n-a-m x-š-a-y-θ-i-y-m a-i-v-m p-ru-u-n-a-m f-r-m-; | |
| 6 | a-d-m x-š-y-a-r-š-a x-š-a-y-θ-i-y v-z-r-k | |
| 7 | x-š-a-y-θ-i-y x-š-a-y-θ-i-y-a-n-a-m x-š-a-y-θ-i-y d-h-y-; | |
| 8 | p-ru-u-v-z-n-a-n-a-m x-š-a-y-θ-i-y a-h-y-a-y-; | |
| 9 | b-u-mi-i-y-a v-z-r-k-a-y-a du-u-r-i-y a-p-i-y d-a-; | |
| 10 | x-š-a-y-θ-i-y-h-y-a p-u-ç h-<<a>>-x-a-m-n-i-š-; | |
| 11 | θ-a-t-i-y x-š-y-a-r-š-a x-š-a-y-θ-i-y v-š-n-a | |
| 12 | a-u-r-m-z-d-a-h-a i-m-m du-u-v-r-θ-i-m vi-i-s-d-h-y-u-m | |
| 13 | a-d-m a-ku-u-n-v-m v-s-i-y a-n-i-y-š-c-i-y n-i-b-m | |
| 14 | k-r-t-m a-n-a p-a-r-s-a t-y a-d-m a-ku-u-n-v-m | |
| 15 | u-t-m-i-y t-y p-i-t-a a-ku-u-n-u-š t-y-p-t-i-y k-; | |
| 16 | v-i-n-t-i-y n-i-b-m a-v vi-i-s-m v-š-n-a a-; | |
| 17 | a-ku-u-m-a θ-a-t-i-y x-š-y-a-r-š-a | |
| 18 | x-š-a-y-θ-i-y m-a-m a-u-r-m-z-d-a p-a-tu-u-v u-t-m-i-; | |
| 19 | x-š-ç-m u-t-a t-y m-n-a k-r-t-m u-t-a t-y-m-i-; | |
| 20 | p-i-ç k-r-t-m a-v-š-c-i-y a-u-r-m-z-d-a p-a-tu-u-v | |
| Elamite | ||
| 1 | {d}na-ap ir-ša₂-ir-ra {d}u-ra-mas-da ak-ka₄ {aš}mu-ru-un | |
| 2 | hi pe₃-iš-ta₂ ak-ka₄ {d}ki-ik hu-ip-pe₃ pe₃-iš-ta₂ ak-ka₄ {diš}; | |
| 3 | ir pe₃-iš-ta₂ ak-ka₄ ši-ia-ti-iš pe₃-iš-ta₂ {diš}; | |
| 4 | ak-ka₄ {diš}ik-še-ir-iš-ša₂ {diš}EŠŠANA ir hu-ut-taš- | |
| 5 | ta₂ ki-ir ir-še-ki-ip-in-na {diš}EŠŠANA ki-ir ir-še-ki-ip- | |
| 6 | in-na pir₂-ra-ma-ut-ta₂-ra-na-um {diš}u₂ {diš}ik-še-ir-iš-ša₂ {diš}; | |
| 7 | ir-ša₂-ir-ra {diš}EŠŠANA {diš}EŠŠANA-ip-in-na {diš}EŠŠANA da-a-hu-na- | |
| 8 | um par₂-ru-za-na-na-um {diš}⸢EŠŠANA⸣ {aš}mu-ru-un hi uk-ku az-za- | |
| 9 | ka₄ pir₂-ša₂-ti-ni-ka₄ {diš}da-ri-ia-ma-u-iš {diš}EŠŠANA {diš}ša₂-ak- | |
| 10 | ri {diš}ha-ka₄-man-nu-iš-ši-ia na-an-ri {diš}ik-še-ir-iš-ša₂ | |
| 11 | {diš}EŠŠANA za-u-mi-in {d}u-ra-mas-da-<na> hi {aš}e-el mi-is₂-sa₁₅- | |
| 12 | da-⸢a⸣-hu-iš {diš}u₂ hu-ut-⸢ta₂⸣ [ir-še-ki ta₂-a-e-te ši]-⸢iš⸣- | |
| 13 | ni-⸢na⸣ hu-ut-tuk {aš}pa-ir-⸢sa₁₅⸣ hi-ma ap-pa {diš}u₂ hu-ut-ta₂- | |
| 14 | ⸢ra ku⸣-ut-ta₂ ap-pa {diš}at-ta₂-ta₂ hu-ut-taš-ta₂ ap-pa ša₂-rak₀ | |
| 15 | hu-ut-tuk-ka₄ zi₂-ia-ma-ak ši-iš-ni-na hu-pe₃ mar-ri-ta₂ | |
| 16 | za-u-mi-in {d}u-ra-mas-da-na hu-ut-tu₃-ut-ta₂ na-an- | |
| 17 | ri {diš}ik-še-ir-iš-ša₂ {diš}EŠŠANA {diš}u₂ {d}u-ra-mas-da un | |
| 18 | ⸢nu⸣-[iš-ki₂-iš-ni] ⸢ku-ut-ta₂⸣ {aš}su-un-ku-mu-mi ku-ut-ta₂ | |
| 19 | ap-pa {diš}u₂ hu-ut-ta₂-ra ku-ut-ta₂ ap-pa {diš}at-ta₂-ta₂ | |
| 20 | hu-ut-taš-ta₂ hu-pe₃-ta₂ {d}u-ra-mas-da nu-iš-ki₂-iš-ni | |
| Akkadian | ||
| 1 | [DINGIR GAL-u₂ {d]}a-hu-ru-ma-az-da-ʾ ša₂ qaq-qa-ru | The great god is Ahuramazda, the one of the earth. |
| 2 | a-ga-ʾ id-din-nu ša₂ AN-e an-⸢nu⸣-u₂-tu id-din-nu | (Sum) The one who gave (them) to me (Akk) (The one) who gave(?) the (one) of the heavens to me |
| 3 | ša₂ a-me-lu-u₂-⸢tu₂ id⸣-din-nu ša₂ dum-qi₂ a-na a-me-lu-u₂-tu₂ | of a man’s slave the river E-dinnu, of good fortune for the man |
| 4 | id-din-nu ša₂ a-na {⸢m}hi-ši⸣-ʾ-ar-ši LUGAL ib-nu-u₂ iš-ten | they gave. That which the king had built to the ešī-e-allarṣi |
| 5 | ina LUGAL.MEŠ ma-du-u₂-tu iš-ten ina mu-te-ʾ-e-me ma-du-u₂-tu | One among many kings, one among many |
| 6 | a-na-ku {m}hi-ši-ʾ-ar-ši LUGAL GAL-u₂ LUGAL LUGAL.MEŠ | I, Xerxes, great king, king of kings, |
| 7 | LUGAL KUR.KUR.MEŠ ša₂ nap-ha-ar li-ša₂-nu.MEŠ LUGAL qaq-qa-ru a-ga-a-ta | The king of all the lands, this king, |
| 8 | ⸢GAL-ti ru⸣-uq-qu-ti DUMU ša₂ {m}da-a-ri-ia-a-muš LUGAL | The chief of the royal entourage, the son of Darius, the king |
| 9 | {m}a-ha-[ma-an-ni]-⸢iš⸣-ši-ʾ {m}hi-ši-ʾ-ar-ši LUGAL | Aḫamanni-ešvīl (and) Xerxes, the king. |
| 10 | i-qab-bi ina GIŠ.MI ša₂ {d}a-hu-ru-ma-az-da-ʾ KA₂ | He says in the presence of Ahuramazdā the gate |
| 11 | a-ga-a u₂-ʾ-is-pi-da-a-ʾ-i MU-šu₂ a-na-ku | This (is) my name |
| 12 | e-te-pu-uš u ša₂-nu-u₂-ti-ma ma-du-u₂-tu | he has done, and they are many |
| 13 | bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu e-te-pu-uš ina KUR par-sa a-ga-ʾ | I have made great sacrifices in the land of Parsa. |
| 14 | ⸢ša₂⸣ [a-na-ku e-pu-uš]-šu u ša₂ AD-u₂-a [i]-pu-uš-šu | I did it, and my father did it. |
| 15 | u ša₂ ep₂-ša₂-ʾ ⸢im-mar-ru⸣ bab-ba-nu-u₂ ul-lu-u₂-tu gab-bi | and that which is done, all of the great immarrû-plants |
| 16 | ina GIŠ.MI ša₂ {d}a-hu-ru-ma-az-da-ʾ ni-te-pu-uš | We performed it under the protection of Ahuramazda. |
| 17 | {m}hi-ši-ʾ-ar-ši LUGAL i-qab-bi {d}a-hu-ru-ma-az-da-ʾ | The king says: Ahuramazda |
| 18 | a-na-ku li-iṣ-ṣur-an-ni u ša₂ a-na LUGAL-u₂-ti-ia u KUR.KUR.MEŠ-ia | I am well; may my kingship and my lands be well. |
| 19 | u ša₂ a-na-ku e-pu-uš-šu u ša₂ AD-u₂-a i-pu-uš-šu | And what I did, and what my father did |
| 20 | ul-lu-u₂-um-ma {d}a-hu-ru-ma-az-da-ʾ li-iṣ-ṣur | Now Ahuramazda may he release. |
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