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Darius-named unsigled text, SSAI 3.12.1.

3.12.1. · 1

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Old Persian cuneiform: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣
Transliteration: d-a-r-y-v-u-š : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : v-z-r-k
Transcription: Dārayavauš : xšāyaϑiya : vazraka
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Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Darius I, king of Persia · king · great

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Unresolved tokens: None recorded

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Words in line 1
Position	Inscriptional form	Lemma	Analysis
1	𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁d-a-r-y-v-u-š	Dārayava.u- xšāyaθiya- vazṛka-	Documented Old Persian dictionary entry for Dārayavauš xšāyaθiya vazraka; English gloss: Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Darius I, king of Persia · king · great. · Automatically linked Machine-generated and unreviewed
2	𐏐	Dārayava.u- xšāyaθiya- vazṛka-	Documented Old Persian dictionary entry for Dārayavauš xšāyaθiya vazraka; English gloss: Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Darius I, king of Persia · king · great. · Automatically linked Machine-generated and unreviewed
3	𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y	Dārayava.u- xšāyaθiya- vazṛka-	Documented Old Persian dictionary entry for Dārayavauš xšāyaθiya vazraka; English gloss: Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Darius I, king of Persia · king · great. · Automatically linked Machine-generated and unreviewed
4	𐏐	Dārayava.u- xšāyaθiya- vazṛka-	Documented Old Persian dictionary entry for Dārayavauš xšāyaθiya vazraka; English gloss: Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Darius I, king of Persia · king · great. · Automatically linked Machine-generated and unreviewed
5	𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣v-z-r-k	Dārayava.u- xšāyaθiya- vazṛka-	Documented Old Persian dictionary entry for Dārayavauš xšāyaθiya vazraka; English gloss: Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Darius I, king of Persia · king · great. · Automatically linked Machine-generated and unreviewed

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