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Xerxes I 07 (Q007211)
Royal Inscription, Achaemenid, Persepolis · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | Xerxes I 07 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007211 |
| 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 | |
| 2 | a-d-a h-y a-v-m a-s-m-a-n-m a-d-a h-y m-r-t-i-; | |
| 3 | a-d-a h-y š-i-y-a-t-i-m a-d-a m-r-t-i-y-h-y-a | |
| 4 | h-y x-š-y-a-r-š-a-m XŠ-m a-ku-u-n-u-š a-i-v-m p-; | |
| 5 | XŠ-m a-i-v-m p-ru-u-n-a-m f-r-m-a-t-a-r-m | |
| 6 | a-d-m x-š-y-a-r-š-a XŠ v-z-r-k XŠ XŠ-a-n-a-m XŠ | |
| 7 | d-h-y-u-n-a-m p-ru-u-v z-n-a-n-a-m XŠ a-h-y-a-y-a b-; | |
| 8 | v-z-r-k-a-y-a du-u-r-i-y a-p-i-y d-a-r-y-v-; | |
| 9 | XŠ-h-y-a p-u-ç h-x-a-m-n-i-š-i-y θ-a-t-i-y x-; | |
| 10 | XŠ v-z-r-k v-š-n-a a-u-r-h-y-m-z-d-a-h i-; | |
| 11 | h-di-i-š d-a-r-y-v-u-š XŠ a-ku-u-n-u-š h-y m-n-a | |
| 12 | p-i-t-a m-a-m a-u-r-m-z-d-a p-a-tu-u-v h-d-a b-g-; | |
| 13 | u-t-a t-y-m-i-y k-r-t-m u-t-a t-y-m-i-y | |
| 14 | p-i-ç d-a-r-y-v-h-u-š XŠ-h-y-a k-r-t-m a-v-š-c-i-y | |
| 15 | a-u-r-m-z-d-a p-a-tu-u-v h-d-a b-g-i-b-i-š | |
| Elamite | ||
| 1 | {d}na-ap ir-ša₂-ir-ra {d}u-ra-mas-da ak-ka₄ hi {aš}mu-ru-un pe₃-iš- | |
| 2 | ta₂ ak-ka₄ {d}ki-ik hu-pe₃ pe₃-iš-ta₂ ak-ka₄ {diš}(LU₂.MEŠ-)ir-ra ir pe₃-iš- | |
| 3 | ta₂ ak-ka₄ ši-ia-ti-um pe₃-iš-ta₂ {diš}(LU₂.MEŠ-)ir-ra-na ak-ka₄ {diš}ik-še-ir-ša₂ | |
| 4 | {diš}EŠŠANA ir hu-ut-taš-ta₂ {diš}ki-ir {diš}ir-še-ik-ki-ip-in-na {diš}EŠŠANA {diš}ki-ir {diš}ir- | |
| 5 | še-ik-ki-ip-in-na pir₂-ra-ma-ta₂-ra-um {diš}u₂ {diš}ik-še-ir-ša₂ {diš}EŠŠANA ir-ša₂- | |
| 6 | ir-ra {diš}EŠŠANA {diš}EŠŠANA-ip-in-na {diš}EŠŠANA {aš}da-a-hu-iš-pe₃-na {diš}ir-še-ik-ki-ip-in- | |
| 7 | na {diš}da-na-iš-pe₃-na {diš}EŠŠANA {aš}mu-ru-un hi uk-ku {diš}ir-ša₂-ir-ra {aš}pir₂-ša₂- | |
| 8 | ut-ti-ni-ka₄ {diš}da-ri-ia-ma-u-iš {diš}EŠŠANA {diš}ša₂-ak-ri {diš}ha-ak-ka₄-man-nu-ši- | |
| 9 | ia na-an-ri {diš}ik-še-ir-ša₂ {diš}EŠŠANA ir-ša₂-ir-ra za-u-mi-in {d}u-ra- | |
| 10 | mas-da-na hi {aš}ul-(hi.MEŠ) {diš}da-ri-ia-ma-u-iš {diš}EŠŠANA hu-ut-taš {diš}ak- | |
| 11 | ka₄ {diš}u₂ {diš}at-ta₂-ta₂ {diš}u₂ {d}u-ra-mas-da {diš}u₂-un nu-iš-ki₂-iš-ni {d}; | |
| 12 | i-ta₂-ka₄ ku-ut-ta₂ ap-pa hu-ut-ta₂-ra ku-ut-ta₂ ap-pa | |
| 13 | {diš}at-ta₂-ta₂ {diš}da-ri-ia-ma-u-iš {diš}EŠŠANA hu-ut-taš-ta₂ hu-pe₃- | |
| 14 | te {d}u-ra-mas-da nu-iš-ki₂-iš-ni {d}na-ap-pi-pe₃ i-ta₂-ka₄ | |
| Akkadian | ||
| 1 | DINGIR ra-bu-u₂ {d}a-hu-ur-ma-az-da-ʾ ša₂ AN-e ib-nu-u₂ | The great god, Ahuramazda, who created heaven, |
| 2 | u₃ er-ṣe-tim a-ga-a-ta ib-nu-u₂ ša₂ UN.MEŠ ib-nu-u₂ ša₂ du-un-qu | and this earth he created, the heart of the people he established, the body |
| 3 | a-na UN.MEŠ id-din-nu ša₂ a-na {m}hi-ši-ʾ-ar-ša₂-ʾ LUGAL ib-nu-u₂ | they gave to the people. That which he gave to king Ḫiši-alaršal |
| 4 | LUGAL ša₂ LUGAL.LUGAL.MEŠ ma-du-u₂-tum ša₂ e-diš-ši-šu₂ a-na nap-ha-ar KUR.KUR.MEŠ | king of all kings, whose name is proclaimed to rule over all lands |
| 5 | ga-ab-bi u₂-ta-ʾ-a-ma a-na-ku {m}hi-ši-ʾ-ar-ša₂-ʾ LUGAL GAL-u₂ LUGAL LUGAL.MEŠ | I (am) Xerxes, the Great King, King of Kings. |
| 6 | LUGAL KUR.KUR.MEŠ ša₂ nap-ha-ar li-ša₂-nu ga-ab-bi LUGAL qaq-qa-ri a-ga-a-ta | The king of all the lands, who is complete, the king on this earth |
| 7 | ra-bi-i-ti ra-pa-aš₂-tum A {m}da-a-ri-ia-a-muš LUGAL {m}a-ha-ma-an-ni-iš-ši-ʾ | Great hero, great one, son of Darius, the king, Aḫamanniššal |
| 8 | {m}hi-ši-ʾ-ar-ša₂-ʾ LUGAL GAL-u₂ i-qa₂-ab-bi i-na ṣi-il-li ša₂ | “Ḫiši-alaršāl the great king will say, in that ... |
| 9 | {d}a-hu-ur-ma-az-da-ʾ bi-it a-ga-a {m}da-a-ri-ia-a-muš LUGAL | Ahuramazdā, this is Darius the King. |
| 10 | AD-u₂-a at-tu-u₂-a i-te-pu-us₂-su a-na-ku {d}a-hu-ur-ma-az-da-ʾ | My father did it. I, Ahuramazdāl, |
| 11 | li-iṣ-ṣur-an-ni it-ti DINGIR.MEŠ ga-ab-bi u₃ ša₂ a-na-ku e-pu-uš-šu | May he pacify me with the great gods and that which I did |
| 12 | u₃ ša₂ {m}da-a-ri-ia-a-muš LUGAL AD-u₂-a at-tu-u₂-a i-pu-uš-šu | and Darius, the king, my father, did. |
| 13 | u₃ a-ga-šu-u₂ {d}a-hu-ur-ma-az-da-ʾ li-iṣ-ṣur it-ti DINGIR.MEŠ ga-ab-bi | And thus (says) Ahuramazdāl: “May it be released with the great gods!’ |
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