Old Persian cuneiform dictionary

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๐ ๐Ž ๐Žผ๐Žก๐Žน ๐ ๐Ž ๐Žผ๐Žก๐Žน๐Žจ๐Žก๐‚ ๐ ๐Žฐ๐Ž ๐Žซ๐Žก๐Žน ๐ ๐Žง๐๐Žน๐Ž ๐Žผ๐๐Ž 
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Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Iranian ยท unknown (Ariyaciรงa) ยท say ยท Xerxes I, king of Persia

a-r-i-y : a-r-i-y-c-i-รง : ฯ‘-a-t-i-y : x-ลก-y-a-r-ลก-aOpen full entry