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Darius I, Bisotun (DB2.)

DB2. · 18

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Old Persian cuneiform: 𐎰𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎣𐎠𐎼 𐏐 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 𐏐 𐎢[𐎫𐎠 𐏐 𐎶]𐎠𐎭 𐏐 𐏃𐎹 𐏐 𐎢𐎱𐎠 𐏐 𐎶𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐎠/𐏃
Transliteration: ϑ-a-t-i-y : d-a-r-y-v-u-š : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : k-a-r : p-a-r-s : u-[t-a : m]-a-d : h-y : u-p-a : m-a-m : a-/h
Transcription: ϑātiy : Dārayavauš : xšāyaϑiya : kāra : Pārsa : utā : Māda : hya : upā : mām : āha
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Recorded English translations

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say · Darius · king · people · Persia; Persian · and · Mede · who · under · me, mine · be

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Generator version: parsiandej-en-literal-b9b9284386e8ad0489cabc25ec9f186dad5830b53f51ff3a562dcc90dffec5f7
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Unresolved tokens: 𐏐, 𐏐, 𐏐, 𐏐, 𐏐, 𐏐, 𐏐, 𐏐, 𐏐, 𐏐

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Words in line 18
Position	Inscriptional form	Lemma	Analysis
1	𐎰𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹ϑ-a-t-i-y	θa	Documented Old Persian dictionary entry for θāti; English gloss: say. · Automatically linked Machine-generated and unreviewed
2	𐏐	—	No analysis recorded
3	𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁d-a-r-y-v-u-š	Dārayavahu-	Documented Old Persian dictionary entry for Dārayavauš; English gloss: Darius. · Needs human review Machine-generated and unreviewed
4	𐏐	—	No analysis recorded
5	𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y	xšāyaθiya-	Documented Old Persian dictionary entry for xšāyaθiya; English gloss: king. · Automatically linked Machine-generated and unreviewed
6	𐏐	—	No analysis recorded
7	𐎣𐎠𐎼k-a-r	kāra-	Documented Old Persian dictionary entry for kāra; English gloss: people. · Automatically linked Machine-generated and unreviewed
8	𐏐	—	No analysis recorded
9	𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿p-a-r-s	Pārsa-	Documented Old Persian dictionary entry for Pārsa; English gloss: Persia; Persian. · Needs human review Machine-generated and unreviewed
10	𐏐	—	No analysis recorded
11	𐎢[𐎫𐎠u-[t-a	utā	Documented Old Persian dictionary entry for utā; English gloss: and. · Automatically linked Machine-generated and unreviewed
12	𐏐	—	No analysis recorded
13	𐎶]𐎠𐎭m]-a-d	Māda	Documented Old Persian dictionary entry for Māda; English gloss: Mede. · Automatically linked Machine-generated and unreviewed
14	𐏐	—	No analysis recorded
15	𐏃𐎹h-y	haya/taya-	Documented Old Persian dictionary entry for haya; English gloss: who. · Automatically linked Machine-generated and unreviewed
16	𐏐	—	No analysis recorded
17	𐎢𐎱𐎠u-p-a	upā	Documented Old Persian dictionary entry for upā; English gloss: under. · Automatically linked Machine-generated and unreviewed
18	𐏐	—	No analysis recorded
19	𐎶𐎠𐎶m-a-m	ma-	Documented Old Persian dictionary entry for mām; English gloss: me, mine. · Automatically linked Machine-generated and unreviewed
20	𐏐	—	No analysis recorded
21	𐎠/𐏃a-/h	ah	Documented Old Persian dictionary entry for āha; English gloss: be. · Automatically linked Machine-generated and unreviewed

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