Old Persian cuneiform dictionary

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๐Ž ๐Žญ๐Žถ ๐ ๐Žญ๐Ž ๐Žผ๐Žน๐Žบ๐Žข๐ ๐‹ ๐ ๐Žบ๐€๐Žผ๐Žฃ ๐‹ ๐‹๐Žน๐Ž ๐Žด๐Ž ๐Žถ ๐ ๐Žป๐Žก๐๐Žซ๐Ž ๐Žฟ๐Žฑ๐ƒ๐Žน๐Ž  ๐ ๐Žฑ๐Žข๐‚
Attested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment

Attested line fragment; literal gloss: I ยท unknown (Dฤrayavauลก) ยท unknown (Xล ) ยท Hystaspes, father of Darius I ยท unknown (Xล )

a-d-m : d-a-r-y-v-u-ลก Xล  : v-z-r-k Xล  Xล -y-a-n-a-m : vi-i-ลก-t-a-s-p-h-y-a : p-u-รงOpen full entry
๐ ๐‹ ๐ ๐Žบ๐€๐Žผ๐Žฃ ๐ ๐‹ ๐ ๐‹๐Žน๐Ž ๐Žด๐Ž ๐Žถ ๐ ๐‹ ๐ ๐๐Žด๐Ž ๐Žถ ๐ ๐‹
Attested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment

Attested line fragment; literal gloss: king ยท great ยท king ยท king ยท king ยท unknown (DHnฤm) ยท king

Xล  : v-z-r-k : Xล  : Xล -y-a-n-a-m : Xล  : DH-n-a-m : Xล Open full entry
๐ ๐Žข๐Žซ๐Ž  ๐ ๐Žซ๐Žน ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐Ž ๐Žฃ๐Žด๐Žก๐Žน ๐ ๐Žณ๐Žผ๐Žบ๐Žซ ๐ ๐Žข๐Žซ๐Ž  ๐ ๐Žซ๐Žน ๐ ๐Žฐ๐Žก๐Žฃ๐Ž  ๐
Attested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment

Attested line fragment; literal gloss: and ยท who ยท earth ยท dig ยท forwards ยท and ยท who ยท gravel

u-t-a : t-y : BU : a-k-n-i-y : f-r-v-t : u-t-a : t-y : ฯ‘-i-k-aOpen full entry
๐ ๐Žฃ๐Ž ๐Žผ ๐ ๐ƒ๐Žน ๐ ๐Ž ๐Žฐ๐Žข๐Žผ๐Žก๐Žน ๐ ๐ƒ๐Žข๐Žฎ๐Žก๐Žถ ๐ ๐Ž ๐Žฒ๐Žผ ๐ ๐Žน๐Ž ๐Žซ๐Ž  ๐
Attested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment

Attested line fragment; literal gloss: people ยท who ยท Assyrian ยท that one ยท carry ยท while

k-a-r : h-y : a-ฯ‘-u-r-i-y : h-u-di-i-m : a-b-r : y-a-t-aOpen full entry
๐ ๐Žฃ๐Žผ๐Žซ๐Ž  ๐ ๐Ž ๐Žฒ๐Žก๐Žผ๐Ž ๐Žฏ๐Žข๐ ๐ ๐Žด๐Ž ๐Žถ ๐ ๐Ž ๐Žบ๐ƒ๐Žด๐Žถ ๐ ๐Žข๐Žฉ๐Žก๐Žน
Attested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment

Attested line fragment; literal gloss: do ยท Elamite city ยท name ยท settlement ยท Elam

k-r-t-a : a-b-i-r-a-du-u-ลก : n-a-m : a-v-h-n-m : u-j-i-yOpen full entry