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Artaxerxes I 01 (Q007250)
Royal Inscription, Achaemenid, Persepolis · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | Artaxerxes I 01 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007250 |
| 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 | |
| 2 | [i-m-a-m b-u-mi-i-m a-d-a h-y a-v]-; | |
| 3 | a-s-m-a-n-m a-d-a h-y m-r-t-i]-; | |
| 4 | a-d-a h-y š-i-y-a-t-i-m a-d]-; | |
| 5 | m-r-t-i-y-h-y-a h-y a-r-t-x-š-ç]-; | |
| 6 | x-š-a-y-θ-i-y-m a-ku-u-n-u-š a]-; | |
| 7 | p-ru-u-n-a-m x-š-a-y-θ-i-y-m | |
| 8 | [a-i-v-m p-ru-u-n-a-m f-r-m-a-t-a-r-m] | |
| 9 | a-d-m a-r-t-x-š-ç-a x-š-a-y-θ-i-y] | |
| 10 | v-z-r-k x-š-a-y-θ-i-y x-š-a-y-θ-i]-; | |
| 11 | x-š-a-y-θ-i-y d-h-y-u-n-a]-; | |
| 12 | p-ru-u-z-n-a-n-a-m x-š-a-y-θ-i-y | |
| 13 | a-⸢h⸣-[y-a-y-a b-u-mi-i-y-a v-z-r-k]-; | |
| 14 | du-u-r-i-y a-p-i-y x-š-y]-; | |
| 15 | x-š-a-y-θ-i-y-h-y-a p-u]-; | |
| 16 | d-⸢a⸣-[r-y-v-h-u-š n-p-a h-x-a-m-n-i-š-i-y] | |
| 17 | θ-a-t-⸢i⸣-[y a-r-t-x-š-ç-a x-š-a]-; | |
| 18 | [v-z-r-k v-š-n-a a-u]-; | |
| 19 | i-m h-di-i-š x-š-y-a]-; | |
| 20 | ⸢x⸣-[š-a-y-θ-i-y h-y m-n-a p-i]-; | |
| 21 | f-[r-t-r-m p-s-a-v a-d-m a-ku-u]-; | |
| 22 | m-a-m a-u-r-m-z-d-a p-a-tu]-; | |
| 23 | h-[d-a b-g-i-b-i-š u-t-m-i-y | |
| 24 | [x-š-ç-m u-t-a t-y-m-i-y k-r-t-m] | |
| Elamite | ||
| 1 | [... ... {d}u]- | |
| 2 | ra-[maš-da un nu-iš-ki₂-iš-ni {d]}; | |
| 3 | i-ta₂-ka₄ ku-ut-ta₂ AŠ su]- | |
| 4 | un-[ki-me ku-ut-ta₂ ap-pa hu-ut-ta₂-ra] | |
| Akkadian | ||
| 1 | iš-ten [ina LUGAL.MEŠ ma-du-u₂-tu] | One among many kings |
| 2 | iš-ten ina [mu-te-e-me ma-du-u₂-tu] | Several times in our years many |
| 3 | a-na-ku {m}ar-ta-ak-ša₂-as-su [LUGAL GAL-u₂] | I, Artaxerxes, the Great King |
| 4 | LUGAL.MEŠ LUGAL KUR.KUR.[MEŠ ša₂ nap-har li-ša₂-nu] | kings, king of all lands |
| 5 | LUGAL qaq-qa-ru a-⸢ga⸣-[a-ta GAL-ti ru-uq-qu-ti A] | king of the earth, great hero, distant one, son of |
| 6 | {m}hi-ši-ʾ-ar-ši-ʾ [LUGAL A {m}da-a-ri-ia-muš LUGAL] | king Ḫiši-allaršal, son of Darius, the king |
| 7 | a-ha-ma-[an-ni-iš-ši-ʾ] | together with him |
| 8 | ar-ta-ak-⸢ša₂⸣-[as-su LUGAL GAL-u i-qab-bi] | Artaxerxes, the Great King, says: |
| 9 | i-na GIŠ.MI [ša₂ {d}a-hu-ru-ma-az-da-ʾ] | under the protection of Ahuramazdāl |
| 10 | E₂ a-ga-a [ša₂ {m}hi-ši-ʾ-ar-ši-ʾ LUGAL] | This house of king Ḫiši-allaršal |
| 11 | AD-u₂-a [at-tu-u₂-a ... a-na-ku] | My father, you are my father ... I |
| 12 | e-te-pu-uš a-na-[ku {d}a-hu-ru-ma-az-da-ʾ] | I, Ahuramazdāl |
| 13 | li-iṣ-ṣur-an-[ni it-ti DINGIR.MEŠ ga-ab-bi] | May he pacify me with the great gods |
| 14 | u₃ LUGAL-u₂-ti-⸢ia⸣ [u₃ ša₂ a-na-ku e-pu-uš-šu] | and my kingship, and what I did |
Sources & licences
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