Old Persian cuneiform dictionary

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𐎠𐎭𐎢 𐏐 πŽ πŽΌπŽ«πŽ§ππ‚πŽ  𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 πŽΊπ€πŽΌπŽ£ 𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 π‹πŽΉπŽ πŽ΄πŽ πŽΆ 𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 𐏍𐎹𐎒𐎴𐎠𐎢 𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 πŽ πƒπŽΉπŽ πŽΉπŽ  𐏐
Attested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment

Attested line fragment; literal gloss: I · unknown (Artaxőaçā) · king · great · king · king · king · land · king · this (here)

a-d-m : a-r-t-x-Ε‘-Γ§-a : XΕ  : v-z-r-k : XΕ  : XΕ -y-a-n-a-m : XΕ  : DH-y-u-n-a-m : XΕ  : a-h-y-a-y-aOpen full entry
𐏏𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎒𐏁 𐏐 π‹πŽ πƒπŽΉπŽ  𐏐 πŽ±πŽ’π‚ 𐏐 πƒπŽ§πŽ πŽΆπŽ΄πŽ‘ππŽ‘πŽΉ 𐏐 𐎰𐎠𐎫𐎑𐎹 𐏐 πŽ πŽΌπŽ«πŽ§ππ‚πŽ  𐏐 𐏋 𐏐
Attested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment

Attested line fragment; literal gloss: earth · Darius I, king of Persia · king · unknown (puça) · Achaemenid · say · unknown (Artaxőaçā) · king

BU-y-a : d-a-r-y-v-u-Ε‘ : XΕ -a-h-y-a : p-u-Γ§ : h-x-a-m-n-i-Ε‘-i-y : Ο‘-a-t-i-y : a-r-t-x-Ε‘-Γ§-a : XΕ Open full entry