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Xerxes I 06 (Q007210)
Royal Inscription, Achaemenid, Persepolis · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | Xerxes I 06 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007210 |
| 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 | |
| 2 | h-y i-m-a-m b-u-mi-i-m | |
| 3 | a-d-a h-y a-v-m a-s-m-a-; | |
| 4 | a-d-a h-y m-r-t-i-y-; | |
| 5 | a-d-a h-y š-i-y-a-t-i-; | |
| 6 | a-d-a m-r-t-i-y-h-y-a | |
| 7 | h-y x-š-y-a-r-š-a-m x-š-a-; | |
| 8 | a-ku-u-n-u-š a-i-; | |
| 9 | p-ru-u-n-a-m x-š-a-y-θ-; | |
| 10 | a-i-v-m p-ru-u-n-a-m | |
| 11 | f-r-m-a-t-a-r-m a-d-m x-; | |
| 12 | x-š-a-y-θ-i-y | |
| 13 | v-z-r-k x-š-a-y-θ-i-y x-š-; | |
| 14 | x-š-a-y-θ-; | |
| 15 | d-h-y-u-n-a-m p-ru-u-v-z-; | |
| 16 | x-š-a-y-θ-i-y | |
| 17 | a-h-i-y-a-y-a b-u-mi-i-y-a v-; | |
| 18 | du-u-r-i-y a-; | |
| 19 | d-a-r-y-v-h-u-š x-š-; | |
| 20 | p-u-ç h-x-; | |
| 21 | θ-a-t-i-y x-; | |
| 22 | x-š-a-y-θ-i-y v-; | |
| 23 | t-y m-n-a k-r-t-m | |
| 24 | i-d-a u-t-a t-y-m-i-y | |
| 25 | a-p-t-r-m k-r-t-m a-v vi-; | |
| 26 | v-š-n-a a-u-r-m-z-d-a-; | |
| 27 | a-ku-u-n-v-m m-a-m a-u-r-; | |
| 28 | p-a-tu-u-v h-d-a b-; | |
| 29 | u-t-a-m-i-y x-š-ç-; | |
| 30 | u-t-a t-y-m-i-y k-r-t-m | |
| Elamite | ||
| 1 | {d}na-ap-pi ir-ša₂-ir-ra {d}u-ra-mas-da ak-ka₄ | |
| 2 | {aš}mu-ru-un hi pe₃-iš-ta₂ ak-ka₄ {d}ki-ik hu-pe₃ | |
| 3 | pe₃-iš-ta₂ ak-ka₄ {diš}(LU₂.MEŠ-)ir-ra ir pe₃-iš-ta₂ ak- | |
| 4 | ka₄ ši-ia-ti-iš pe₃-iš-ta₂ {diš}(LU₂.MEŠ-)ir-ra-na ak- | |
| 5 | ka₄ {diš}ik-še-ir-ša₂ {diš}EŠŠANA ir hu-ut-taš-ta₂ ki-ir | |
| 6 | ir-še-ik-ki-ip-in-na {diš}EŠŠANA ki-ir ir-še-ik-ki- | |
| 7 | ip-in-na pir₂-ra-ma-ta₂-ra-um {diš}u₂ {diš}ik-še-ir- | |
| 8 | ša₂ {diš}EŠŠANA ir-ša₂-ir-ra {diš}EŠŠANA {diš}EŠŠANA-ip-in-na {diš}; | |
| 9 | {aš]}⸢da⸣-a-u₂-⸢iš⸣-[pe₃]-na par-ru-⸢za-na-na-um⸣ {[diš]}; | |
| 10 | {[aš]}⸢mu⸣-ru-un hi uk-ku az-za-ka₄ pir₂-ša₂-at-ti- | |
| 11 | ni-ka₄ ha-te {diš}da-ri-ia-ma-u-iš {diš}EŠŠANA {diš}ša₂- | |
| 12 | ak {diš}ha-ak-ka₄-man-nu-ši-ia na-an-ri {diš}ik-še- | |
| 13 | ir-ša₂ {diš}EŠŠANA ir-ša₂-ir-ra ap-pa {diš}u₂ hu-ut-ta₂- | |
| 14 | ra {aš}ma-at-ta₂ ku-ut-ta₂ ap-pa {aš}me-ša₂-me-ra- | |
| 15 | ka₄-ta₂ hu-ut-ta₂-ra hu-pe₃ mar-ri-ta₂ za-u-mi-in | |
| 16 | {d}u-ra-mas-da-na hu-ut-ta₂ {diš}u₂ {d}u-ra-mas-da | |
| 17 | un nu-iš-ki₂-iš-ni {d}na-ap-pi-pe₃ hi-ta₂-ka₄ ku-ut- | |
| 18 | ta₂ {aš}su-un-mu-me ku-ut-ta₂ ap-pa hu-ut-ta₂-ra | |
| Akkadian | ||
| 1 | DINGIR GAL-u₂ {d}a-hu-ru-ma-az-da-ʾ | The great god is Ahuramazdāl. |
| 2 | ša₂ qaq-qa-ru a-ga-a id-din-nu | that field they gave |
| 3 | ša₂ AN-e an-nu-tu₂ id-din-nu | who these heavens gave |
| 4 | ša₂ LU₂-lut-ti id-din-nu | they gave to the man. |
| 5 | ša₂ dum-qi₂ a-na {lu₂}UN.MEŠ id-din-nu | who gave good fortune to the people |
| 6 | ša₂ LUGAL-u₂-ti a-na {m}hi-ši-ʾ-ar-ši id-din-nu | of kingship to Ḫiši-allaršu gave. |
| 7 | iš-ten a-na LUGAL.MEŠ ma-du-u₂-tu | Now many kings |
| 8 | iš-ten mu-te-ʾ-e-ʾ ma-du-u₂-tu | (Sum) The one who screams, he is a liar (Akk) She shouts, she shouts a lot |
| 9 | a-na-ku {m}hi-ši-ʾ-ar-ši LUGAL GAL-u₂ LUGAL LUGAL.MEŠ | I, Xerxes, great king, king of kings, |
| 10 | LUGAL KUR.KUR.MEŠ ša₂ nap-ha-ri li-ša₂-nu.MEŠ | May all the kings of the lands rejoice |
| 11 | LUGAL qaq-qa-ru a-ga-a-ta GAL-ti ru-uq-qu-ti | [The king] of this vast and remote land |
| 12 | A {m}da-a-ri-ia-a-muš LUGAL | son of Darius, the king |
| 13 | {m}a-ha-ma-an-niš-ši-ʾ | Aḫamāniššal, |
| 14 | {m}hi-ši-ʾ-ar-ši LUGAL GAL-u₂ i-qab-bi | Xerxes the Great King says: |
| 15 | i-na GIŠ.MI ša₂ {d}a-hu-ru-ma-az-da-ʾ | under the protection of Ahuramazdāl |
| 16 | E₂ a-ga-a a-na-ku e-te-pu-us₂-su | I built this house. |
| 17 | {d}a-hu-ru-ma-az-da-ʾ a-na-ku | Ahuramazdā, I |
| 18 | li-iṣ-ṣur-an-ni it-ti DINGIR.MEŠ | May he kiss me with the gods |
| 19 | a-na LUGAL-u₂-ti-ia u a-na ša₂ e-pu-uš-šu | To my kingship and to what I have done |
Sources & licences
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