Artaxerxes III 2 (Q007282)
Royal Inscription, Achaemenid, Susa · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | Artaxerxes III 2 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007282 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Susa |
| Coordinates | 32.1892, 48.2578 |
English translation
By ORACC project ario · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:7] Akkadian 11–Akkadian 77 | Proclaims Artaxerxes, the Great King, the King of Kings, the King of lands that are (in the entire world), son of Artaxerxes, the king; Artaxerxes (was) the son of Darius the king; Darius (was) the son of Artaxerxes, the king; Artaxerxes (was) the son of Xerxes, the king; Xerxes (was) the son of Darius the king; Darius was the son of Hystaspes; Hystaspes was the son of Arsames; Arsames (was) from Achaimenes house. (Akkadian 4) Proclaims Artaxerxes, the Great King: I complete this house. The builder of the front did not ... Under the protection of Ahuramazda, I built the back house ... (which) is built. (Akkadian 7) Repeats (and) proclaims Artaxerxes, the king: May Ahuramazda, Anahita and Mithra protect me from all things repulsive and what I have built. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| Akkadian | ||
| 1 | [i-qa₂-bi ar-tak-šat-su ša-ar-ri GAL-u₂ ša-ar-ri ša₂ sa-ar-ra-ni ša-ar-ri KUR.<MEŠ> ša₂ ina] | |
| 2 | [muh-hi qaq-qar gab-bi IBILA ša₂ ar-tak]-⸢šat⸣-su ša-ar ar-tak-⸢šat⸣-[su IBILA ša da-ri-ia-a-muš LUGAL] | |
| 3 | [da-ri-ia-muš IBILA ša ar-tak-šat-su LUGAL ar-tak-šat]-su IBILA ša hi-ši-ar-šu šar-[ri hi-ši-ar-šu IBILA ša da-ri-ia-muš] | |
| 4 | [LUGAL da-ri-ia-muš IBILA ša uš-tas-pu uš]-⸢tas⸣-pu IBILA ša ar-šam ar-šam-mu a-[ha-ma-ni-ši-Iʾ i-qa₂-bi] | |
| 5 | [ar-tak-šat-su LUGAL GAL a-ga-šum bi-it] ša-a-šu ana-ku a-ga-mar-šu ba-nu-u₂ ri-ši ul [...] | |
| 6 | [...]-ku ina GIŠ.MI {d}a-hu-ru-mu-uz-da E₂ ar-[ku-u₂ ...] | |
| 7 | [...]-u₂ ip-šu₂ i-tu-ri i-qa₂-bi ar-tak-[šat-su LUGAL {d}a-hu-ru-mu-uz-da] | |
| 8 | [an-na-i-tu u {d}mi-it-ri ana-ku] li-su-ru-uʾ la-pa-ni [bi-i-ši gab-bi u ša ana-ku e-pu-uš-šu] | |
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