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Xerxes I 08 (Q007212)
Royal Inscription, Achaemenid, Persepolis · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | Xerxes I 08 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007212 |
| 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-; | |
| 2 | [b-u]-mi-i-m a-d-a h-y a-v-m | |
| 3 | a-s-m-a-n-m a-d-a h-y m-r-t-i-y-; | |
| 4 | a-d-a h-y š-i-y-a-t-i-m a-d-a m-; | |
| 5 | h-y x-š-y-a-r-š-a-m x-; | |
| 6 | a-ku-u-n-u-š a-i-v-m p-ru-; | |
| 7 | x-š-a-y-θ-i-y-m a-i-v-m p-ru-u-; | |
| 8 | f-r-m-a-t-a-r-m a-d-m x-š-y-a-r-š-; | |
| 9 | x-[š]-a-y-θ-i-y v-z-r-k x-š-a-y-θ-i-y | |
| 10 | [x-š-a-y]-θ-i-y-a-n-a-m x-š-a-y-θ-i-y d-h-y-; | |
| 11 | p-ru-u-v-z-n-a-n-a-m x-š-a-y-θ-i-y | |
| 12 | [a-h]-i-y-a-y-a b-u-mi-i-y-a v-z-r-k-a-y-a | |
| 13 | du-u-r-i-y a-p-i-y d-a-r-y-v-h-u-š x-š-; | |
| 14 | p-u-ç h-x-a-m-n-i-š-i-y | |
| 15 | θ-a-t-i-y x-š-y-a-r-š-a x-š-a-y-θ-i-y v-; | |
| 16 | v-š-n-a a-u-r-m-z-d-a-h i-m h-di-; | |
| 17 | a-d-m a-ku-u-n-v-m m-a-m a-u-r-m-z-; | |
| 18 | p-a-tu-u-v h-d-a b-g-i-b-i-š u-t-m-; | |
| 19 | x-š-ç-m 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 {aš}mu-ru-un | |
| 2 | hi pe₃-iš-ta₂ ak-ka₄ {d}ki-ik hu-pe₃ pe₃-iš-ta₂ ak-ka₄ {diš}(LU₂.MEŠ-)ir-ra | |
| 3 | ir pe₃-iš-ta₂ ak-ka₄ ši-ia-ti-iš pe₃-iš-ta₂ {diš}(LU₂.MEŠ-)ir-ra-na ak-ka₄ | |
| 4 | {diš}ik-še-ir-ša₂ {diš}EŠŠANA ir hu-ut-taš-ta₂ ki-ir ir-še-ik-ki-ip-in- | |
| 5 | na {diš}EŠŠANA ki-ir ir-še-ik-ki-ip-in-na pir₂-ra-ma-ta₂-ra-um {diš}u₂ | |
| 6 | {diš}ik-še-ir-ša₂ {diš}EŠŠANA ir-ša₂-ir-ra {diš}EŠŠANA {diš}EŠŠANA-ip-in-na {diš}EŠŠANA {aš}da- | |
| 7 | a-u₂-iš-pe₃-na par₂-ru-za-na-na-[um {diš}EŠŠANA {aš]}mu-ru-un hi uk-ku az-za-ka₄ | |
| 8 | pir₂-ša₂-at-ti-ni-ka₄ ha-te {[diš}da-ri]-ia-ma-u-iš {diš}EŠŠANA ša₂-ak-<ri> | |
| 9 | {diš}ha-ak-ka₄-man-nu-ši-⸢ia⸣ [na-an]-ri {diš}ik-še-ir-ša₂ {diš}EŠŠANA ir-ša₂- | |
| 10 | ir-ra za-u-mi-in {d}u-ra-⸢mas⸣-da-na hi {aš}ul-(hi.MEŠ) {diš}u₂ hu- | |
| 11 | ut-ta₂ {diš}u₂ {d}u-ra-mas-da un nu-iš-ki₂-iš-ni {d}na-ap-⸢pi⸣-[pe₃] | |
| 12 | i-ta₂-ka₄ ku-ut-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 ša₂ qaq-qa-ru a-ga-a id-din-nu | The great god, Aḫurumazdāl, gave this field. |
| 2 | ša₂ AN-e an-nu-ti id-din-nu ša₂ LU₂-lut-ti id-din-nu | They gave these to me, they gave them to me. |
| 3 | ša₂ dum-qi₂ a-na {lu₂}UN.MEŠ id-din-nu ša₂ LUGAL-u₂-ti a-na {m}hi-ši-ʾ-ar-ši id-din-nu | He gave good fortune to the people; he gave kingship to Ḫiši-allaršu. |
| 4 | iš-ten a-na LUGAL.MEŠ ma-du-u₂-tu iš-ten i-te-ʾ-e-ʾ ma-du-u₂-tu a-na-ku | (As for) the one who kills many kings, (as for the one) who keeps on killing many, I myself |
| 5 | {m}hi-ši-ʾ-ar-ši LUGAL GAL-u₂ LUGAL LUGAL.MEŠ LUGAL KUR.KUR.MEŠ ša₂ nap-ha-ar li-ša₂-nu.MEŠ | Xerxes, great king, king of kings, kin[g of lands of all lands] |
| 6 | LUGAL qaq-qa-ru a-ga-a-ta GAL-ti ru-uq-qu-ti A {m}da-a-ri-ia-a-muš LUGAL | king of this great and remote land, son of Darius, the king |
| 7 | {m}a-ha-ma-an-niš-ši-ʾ {m}hi-ši-ʾ-ar-ši LUGAL GAL-u₂ i-qab-bi | Aḫamānišši-al, the great king, will say: |
| 8 | ša₂ a-na-ku a-gan-na e-pu-uš-šu u ina qaq-qa-ru ša₂-nam-ma e-pu-uš-šu | That which I have done here and that which I did in the ground |
| 9 | gab-bi ma-la e-pu-uš-šu i-na GIŠ.MI ša₂ {d}a-hu-ru-ma-az-da-ʾ | all that I have done, under the authority of Ahuramazdāl |
| 10 | e-te-pu-uš a-na-ku {d}a-hu-ru-ma-az-da-ʾ li-⸢ṣur⸣-an-ni | I (am) Ahuramazdāl, may he release me |
| 11 | it-ti DINGIR.MEŠ u a-na LUGAL-u₂-[ti-ia u a-na] ša₂ e-pu-uš-šu | with the gods and for my kingship and for what I do |
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