Published inscription

Darius I, Persepolis (DPh)

DPh

Darius I, Persepolis (DPh) is a published Old Persian inscription record in the authorized TITUS corpus snapshot. The siglum DPh identifies this exact text record.

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Ruler
Darius I Machine-generated and unreviewed
Place
Persepolis Machine-generated and unreviewed
Date / period
Achaemenid period, 522–486 BCE Machine-generated and unreviewed
Lines
10

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Duration 1:10

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Inscription text

Published lines

10 lines

  1. Line 1

    𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣 𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 𐏋𐎹<𐎠>𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐏋

    d-a-r-y-v-u-š : XŠ : v-z-r-k : XŠ : XŠ-y-<a>-n-a-m : XŠ

    Machine-generated and unreviewedDarius · king · great · king · king · king

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  2. Line 2

    𐏐 𐎭𐏃𐎹𐎢𐎺𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐎻𐎡𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱𐏃𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎱𐎢𐏂

    : d-h-y-u-v-n-a-m : vi-i-š-t-a-s-p-h-y-a : p-u-ç

    Machine-generated and unreviewedland · Hystaspes, father of Darius I · son

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    • Pauses between sections: these separate parts of the reading; the length of a pause does not indicate the number of missing words.

    Historical pronunciation needs scholarly review. To understand the text’s meaning, read the translation provided on this page.

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  3. Line 3

    𐏐 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎰𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢/𐏁

    : h-x-a-m-n-i-š-i-y : ϑ-a-t-i-y : d-a-r-y-v-u-/š

    Machine-generated and unreviewedAchaemenid · say · Darius

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    • Pauses between sections: these separate parts of the reading; the length of a pause does not indicate the number of missing words.

    Historical pronunciation needs scholarly review. To understand the text’s meaning, read the translation provided on this page.

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  4. Line 4

    𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 𐎡𐎶 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶 𐏐 𐎫𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎭𐎶 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹/𐎠𐎷𐎡𐎹

    : XŠ : i-m : x-š-ç-m : t-y : a-d-m : d-a-r-y-/a-mi-i-y

    Machine-generated and unreviewedking · this (here) · empire · so that · I · hold

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    • A chime and the phrase “This part is missing or unreadable”: this part of the inscription is lost or unreadable, and no definite reading is available.
    • The phrase “Possible reconstructed reading”: what follows is a proposed reading of a reconstructed section and is not certain.
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    Historical pronunciation needs scholarly review. To understand the text’s meaning, read the translation provided on this page.

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  5. Line 5

    𐏐 𐏃𐎨𐎠 𐏐 𐎿𐎣𐎡𐎲𐎡𐏁 𐏐 𐎫𐎹𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎱𐎼

    : h-c-a : s-k-i-b-i-š : t-y-i-y : p-r

    Machine-generated and unreviewedfrom · Scythian · who · beyond

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    • A chime and the phrase “This part is missing or unreadable”: this part of the inscription is lost or unreadable, and no definite reading is available.
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    • Pauses between sections: these separate parts of the reading; the length of a pause does not indicate the number of missing words.

    Historical pronunciation needs scholarly review. To understand the text’s meaning, read the translation provided on this page.

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  6. Line 6

    𐏐 𐎿𐎢𐎥𐎭𐎶 𐏐 𐎠𐎶𐎫 𐏐 𐎹𐎠𐎫𐎠 𐏐 𐎠 𐏐 𐎤𐎢𐏁𐎠 𐏐

    : s-u-g-d-m : a-m-t : y-a-t-a : a : ku-u-š-a :

    Machine-generated and unreviewedSogdiana · from there · while · to · Kush

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    Historical pronunciation needs scholarly review. To understand the text’s meaning, read the translation provided on this page.

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  7. Line 7

    𐏃𐎨𐎠 𐏐 𐏃𐎡𐎭𐎢𐎺 𐏐 𐎠𐎶𐎫 𐏐 𐎹𐎠𐎫𐎠 𐏐 𐎠 𐏐 𐎿𐎱/𐎼𐎭𐎠

    h-c-a : h-i-d-u-v : a-m-t : y-a-t-a : a : s-p-/r-d-a

    Machine-generated and unreviewedfrom · India · from there · while · to · Lydia

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  8. Line 8

    𐏐 𐎫𐎹𐎶𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎢𐎼𐎶𐏀𐎭𐎠 𐏐 𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎲𐎼

    : t-y-m-i-y : a-u-r-m-z-d-a : f-r-a-b-r

    Machine-generated and unreviewedwho · Ahuramazdā · grant

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  9. Line 9

    𐏐 𐏃𐎹 𐏐 𐎶𐎰𐎡𐏁𐎫 𐏐 𐎲𐎥𐎠𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐎶𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐎠𐎢/𐎼𐎶𐏀𐎭𐎠

    : h-y : m-ϑ-i-š-t : b-g-a-n-a-m : m-a-m : a-u-/r-m-z-d-a

    Machine-generated and unreviewedwho · greatest · god · me, mine · Ahuramazdā

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  10. Line 10

    𐏐 𐎱𐎠𐎬𐎢𐎺 𐏐 𐎢𐎫𐎠𐎶𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎻𐎡𐎰𐎶

    : p-a-tu-u-v : u-t-a-m-i-y : vi-i-ϑ-m

    Machine-generated and unreviewedprotect · and · house

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