Darius I, Susa (DSm)
DSmDarius I, Susa (DSm) is a published Old Persian inscription record in the authorized TITUS corpus snapshot. The siglum DSm identifies this exact text record.
Machine-generated and unreviewedVerified catalog identification
Identifiers and diplomatic text layers are retained from the authorized corpus snapshot.
Machine-generated and unreviewed- Ruler
- Darius I Machine-generated and unreviewed
- Place
- Susa Machine-generated and unreviewed
- Date / period
- Achaemenid period, 522–486 BCE Machine-generated and unreviewed
- Lines
- 11
Full inscription reading
Synthetic, approximate readingMissing or unreadable parts use a sound cue and an English announcement; reconstructed readings are also announced in English. Historical pronunciation needs scholarly review.
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Published lines
11 lines
Line 1 Editorial restoration[𐎠𐎭𐎶 𐏐] 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 [𐏐 𐏋 𐏐] 𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣 [𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 𐏋𐎹𐎠𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐]
[a-d-m :] d-a-r-y-v-u-š [: XŠ :] v-z-r-k [: XŠ : XŠ-y-a-n-a-m :]
Machine-generated and unreviewedI · Darius · king · great · king · king · []]
Audio reading of line 1
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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.
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Line 2 Editorial restoration[𐏋 𐏐 𐏍𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐎻𐎡𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱𐏃𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎱𐎢𐏂 𐏐 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁]𐎡𐎹 [𐏐]
[XŠ : DH-n-a-m : vi-i-š-t-a-s-p-h-y-a : p-u-ç : h-x-a-m-n-i-š]-i-y [:]
Machine-generated and unreviewedking · land · Hystaspes, father of Darius I · son · Achaemenid · []]
Audio reading of line 2
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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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Line 3 Editorial restoration𐎰𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹 [𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 𐏈𐎶𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶 𐏐 𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎲𐎼 𐏐]
ϑ-a-t-i-y [: d-a-r-y-v-u-š : XŠ : AM-m-i-y : x-š-ç-m : f-r-a-b-r :]
Machine-generated and unreviewedsay · Darius · king · Ahuramazdā · empire · grant · []]
Audio reading of line 3
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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.
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Line 4 Editorial restoration[𐎫𐎹 𐏐 𐎺𐏀𐎼]𐎣𐎶 [𐏐 𐎫𐎹 𐏐 𐎢𐎶𐎼𐎫𐎡𐎹𐎶 𐏐 𐎶𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹𐎶 𐏐]
[t-y : v-z-r]-k-m [: t-y : u-m-r-t-i-y-m : m-a-m : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y-m :]
Machine-generated and unreviewedso that · great · so that · with good men · me, mine · king · []]
Audio reading of line 4
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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.
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Line 5 Editorial restoration[𐎠𐏃𐎹𐎠𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎲𐎢]𐎷𐎡[𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎠𐎤𐎢𐎴𐎢𐏁 𐏐] 𐎺𐏁[𐎴𐎠 𐏐 𐏊𐎠 𐏐 𐎡𐎶𐎠 𐏐 𐎭𐏃]/[𐎹𐎠𐎺
[a-h-y-a-y-a : b-u]-mi-i-[y-a : a-ku-u-n-u-š :] v-š-[n-a : AM-h-a : i-m-a : d-h]-/[y-a-v
Machine-generated and unreviewedthis (here) · earth · do · will · [AM-h-a] · this (here) · land
Audio reading of line 5
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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.
- 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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Line 6 𐏐 𐎫𐎹𐎡𐏁𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐎠𐎭𐎶 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎺𐎶 𐏐 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 𐏐]
: t-y-i-š-a-m : a-d-m : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : a-b-v-m : p-a-r-s :]
Machine-generated and unreviewedwho · I · king · be, become · Persia; Persian · []]
Audio reading of line 6
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Line 7 Editorial restoration[𐎢𐎩 𐏐 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐎠𐎰𐎢𐎼𐎠 𐏐 𐎠𐎼𐎲𐎠𐎹 𐏐 𐎸𐎢𐎭𐎼𐎠𐎹 𐏐 𐎿𐎱𐎼𐎭 𐏐]
[u-j : b-a-b-i-ru-u-š : a-ϑ-u-r-a : a-r-b-a-y : mu-u-d-r-a-y : s-p-r-d :]
Machine-generated and unreviewedElam · Babylonia · Assyria · Arabia · Egypt · Lydia · []]
Audio reading of line 7
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Line 8 Editorial restoration[𐎹𐎢𐎴 𐏐 𐎶𐎠𐎭 𐏐 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 𐏐 𐎣𐎫𐎱𐎬𐎢𐎣 𐏐 𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺 𐏐 𐏀𐎼𐎣 𐏐]
[y-u-n : m-a-d : a-r-mi-i-n : k-t-p-tu-u-k : p-r-ϑ-v : z-r-k :]
Machine-generated and unreviewedIonian · Mede · Armenia · Cappadocia · Parthia · Drangiana · []]
Audio reading of line 8
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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.
- Pauses between sections: these separate parts of the reading; the length of a pause does not indicate the number of missing words.
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Line 9 Editorial restoration[𐏃𐎼𐎡𐎺 𐏐 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐏁 𐏐 𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐏁 𐏐 𐎿𐎢𐎦𐎢𐎭 𐏐 𐎥𐎭𐎠𐎼 𐏐]
[h-r-i-v : u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-š : b-a-x-t-r-i-š : s-u-gu-u-d : g-d-a-r :]
Machine-generated and unreviewedAriana · Chorasmia · Bactria · Sogdiana · Gandhara · []]
Audio reading of line 9
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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.
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Line 10 Editorial restoration[𐎰𐎫𐎦𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐏃𐎼𐎢𐎺𐎫𐎡𐏁 𐏐 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐎿𐎤𐎢𐎭𐎼 𐏐 𐎹𐎢𐎴𐎠 𐏐 𐎫𐎣]/[𐎲𐎼
[ϑ-t-gu-u-š : h-r-u-v-t-i-š : h-i-du-u-š : s-ku-u-d-r : y-u-n-a : t-k]-/[b-r
Machine-generated and unreviewedSattagydia · Arachosia · India · Thrace · Ionia · shield-bearing
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Line 11 Damaged𐏐 .....]
: .....]
Machine-generated and unreviewed[.....]]
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