Old Persian cuneiform dictionary

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𐎠𐎭𐎶 𐏐 𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠 𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣 𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 𐏋𐎹𐎠𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 𐏍𐎹𐎢𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 𐎠𐏃𐎹𐎠𐎹𐎠 𐏐
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Attested line fragment; literal gloss: I · unknown (Artaxšaçā) · king · great · king · king · king · land · king · this (here)

a-d-m : a-r-t-x-š-ç-a : XŠ : v-z-r-k : XŠ : XŠ-y-a-n-a-m : XŠ : DH-y-u-n-a-m : XŠ : a-h-y-a-y-aOpen full entry
𐏏𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐏋𐎠𐏃𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎱𐎢𐏂 𐏐 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎰𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠 𐏐 𐏋 𐏐
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Attested line fragment; literal gloss: earth · Darius I, king of Persia · king · unknown (puça) · Achaemenid · say · unknown (Artaxšaçā) · king

BU-y-a : d-a-r-y-v-u-š : XŠ-a-h-y-a : p-u-ç : h-x-a-m-n-i-š-i-y : ϑ-a-t-i-y : a-r-t-x-š-ç-a : XŠOpen full entry