Published inscription

Xerxes I, Persepolis (XPa)

XPa

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

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Verified catalog identification

Identifiers and diplomatic text layers are retained from the authorized corpus snapshot.

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Ruler
Xerxes I Machine-generated and unreviewed
Place
Persepolis Machine-generated and unreviewed
Date / period
Achaemenid period, 486–465 BCE Machine-generated and unreviewed
Lines
20
Inscription text

Published lines

20 lines

  1. Line 1

    𐎲𐎥 𐏐 𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣 𐏐 𐎠𐎢𐎼𐎶𐏀𐎭𐎠 𐏐 𐏃𐎹 𐏐 𐎡𐎶𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐎲𐎢𐎷𐎡𐎶 𐏐 𐎠/𐎭𐎠

    b-g : v-z-r-k : a-u-r-m-z-d-a : h-y : i-m-a-m : b-u-mi-i-m : a-/d-a

    Machine-generated and unreviewedgod · great · Ahuramazdā · who · this (here) · earth · make

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    𐏐 𐏃𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎺𐎶 𐏐 𐎠𐎿𐎶𐎠𐎴𐎶 𐏐 𐎠𐎭𐎠 𐏐 𐏃𐎹 𐏐 𐎶𐎼𐎫𐎡𐎹𐎶 𐏐

    : h-y : a-v-m : a-s-m-a-n-m : a-d-a : h-y : m-r-t-i-y-m :

    Machine-generated and unreviewedwho · that one · sky · make · who · man

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    𐎠𐎭𐎠 𐏐 𐏃𐎹 𐏐 𐏁𐎡𐎹𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎶 𐏐 𐎠𐎭𐎠 𐏐 𐎶𐎼𐎫𐎡𐎹𐏃𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐏃𐎹

    a-d-a : h-y : š-i-y-a-t-i-m : a-d-a : m-r-t-i-y-h-y-a : h-y

    Machine-generated and unreviewedmake · who · happiness · make · man · who

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    𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹𐎶 𐏐 𐎠𐎤𐎢𐎴𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐎠𐎡𐎺𐎶 𐏐

    : x-š-y-a-r-š-a-m : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y-m : a-ku-u-n-u-š : a-i-v-m :

    Machine-generated and unreviewedXerxes I, king of Persia · king · do · one

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  5. Line 5

    𐎱𐎽𐎢𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹𐎶 𐏐 𐎠𐎡𐎺𐎶 𐏐 𐎱𐎽𐎢𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐎳𐎼𐎶/𐎠𐎫𐎠𐎼𐎶

    p-ru-u-n-a-m : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y-m : a-i-v-m : p-ru-u-n-a-m : f-r-m-/a-t-a-r-m

    Machine-generated and unreviewedmuch · king · one · much · lord

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    𐏐 𐎠𐎭𐎶 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣 𐏐

    : a-d-m : x-š-y-a-r-š-a : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : v-z-r-k :

    Machine-generated and unreviewedI · Xerxes I, king of Persia · king · great

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    𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹𐎠𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎭𐏃𐎹/𐎢𐎴𐎠𐎶

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

    Machine-generated and unreviewedking · king · king · land

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    𐏐 𐎱𐎽𐎢𐎺 𐏐 𐏀𐎴𐎠𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐏃𐎹𐎠𐎹/𐎠

    : p-ru-u-v : z-n-a-n-a-m : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : a-h-y-a-y-/a

    Machine-generated and unreviewedmuch · tribe · king · this (here)

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    𐏐 𐎲𐎢𐎷𐎡𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣𐎠𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎯𐎢𐎼𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎱𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎭𐎠/𐎼𐎹𐎺𐏃𐎢𐏁

    : b-u-mi-i-y-a : v-z-r-k-a-y-a : du-u-r-i-y : a-p-i-y : d-a-/r-y-v-h-u-š

    Machine-generated and unreviewedearth · great · far · also · Darius I, king of Persia

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  10. Line 10

    𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹𐏃𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎱𐎢𐏂 𐏐 𐏃{𐎠}𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁/𐎡𐎹

    : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y-h-y-a : p-u-ç : h-{a}-x-a-m-n-i-š-/i-y

    Machine-generated and unreviewedking · son · Achaemenid

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    𐏐 𐎰𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎺𐏁𐎴𐎠 𐏐

    : ϑ-a-t-i-y : x-š-y-a-r-š-a : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : v-š-n-a :

    Machine-generated and unreviewedsay · Xerxes I, king of Persia · king · will

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  12. Line 12

    𐎠𐎢𐎼𐎶𐏀𐎭𐎠𐏃𐎠 𐏐 𐎡𐎶𐎶 𐏐 𐎯𐎢𐎺𐎼𐎰𐎡𐎶 𐏐 𐎻𐎡𐎿𐎭𐏃𐎹𐎢𐎶

    a-u-r-m-z-d-a-h-a : i-m-m : du-u-v-r-ϑ-i-m : vi-i-s-d-h-y-u-m

    Machine-generated and unreviewedAhuramazdā · this (here) · gatehouse · all lands

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  13. Line 13

    𐏐 𐎠𐎭𐎶 𐏐 𐎠𐎤𐎢𐎴𐎺𐎶 𐏐 𐎺𐎿𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎴𐎡𐎹𐏁𐎨𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎴𐎡𐎲𐎶

    : a-d-m : a-ku-u-n-v-m : v-s-i-y : a-n-i-y-š-c-i-y : n-i-b-m

    Machine-generated and unreviewedI · do · very · [a-n-i-y-š-c-i-y] · beautiful

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    𐏐 𐎣𐎼𐎫𐎶 𐏐 𐎠𐎴𐎠 𐏐 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿𐎠 𐏐 𐎫𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎭𐎶 𐏐 𐎠𐎤𐎢𐎴𐎺𐎶 𐏐

    : k-r-t-m : a-n-a : p-a-r-s-a : t-y : a-d-m : a-ku-u-n-v-m :

    Machine-generated and unrevieweddo · this (here) · Persia · so that · I · do

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    𐎢𐎫𐎶𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎫𐎹 𐏐 𐎱𐎡𐎫𐎠 𐏐 𐎠𐎤𐎢𐎴𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐎫𐎹𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎣/𐎼𐎫𐎶

    u-t-m-i-y : t-y : p-i-t-a : a-ku-u-n-u-š : t-y-p-t-i-y : k-/r-t-m

    Machine-generated and unreviewedand · so that · father · do · who · do

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  16. Line 16

    𐏐 𐎺𐎡𐎴𐎫𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎴𐎡𐎲𐎶 𐏐 𐎠𐎺 𐏐 𐎻𐎡𐎿𐎶 𐏐 𐎺𐏁𐎴𐎠 𐏐 𐎠/𐎢𐎼𐎶𐏀𐎭𐎠𐏃𐎠

    : v-i-n-t-i-y : n-i-b-m : a-v : vi-i-s-m : v-š-n-a : a-/u-r-m-z-d-a-h-a

    Machine-generated and unreviewedsee · beautiful · that one · full · will · Ahuramazdā

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    𐏐 𐎠𐎤𐎢𐎶𐎠 𐏐 𐎰𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 𐏐

    : a-ku-u-m-a : ϑ-a-t-i-y : x-š-y-a-r-š-a :

    Machine-generated and unrevieweddo · say · Xerxes I, king of Persia

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    𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎶𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐎠𐎢𐎼𐎶𐏀𐎭𐎠 𐏐 𐎱𐎠𐎬𐎢𐎺 𐏐 𐎢𐎫𐎶𐎡/𐎹

    x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : m-a-m : a-u-r-m-z-d-a : p-a-tu-u-v : u-t-m-i-/y

    Machine-generated and unreviewedking · me, mine · Ahuramazdā · protect · and

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    𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶 𐏐 𐎢𐎫𐎠 𐏐 𐎫𐎹 𐏐 𐎶𐎴𐎠 𐏐 𐎣𐎼𐎫𐎶 𐏐 𐎢𐎫𐎠 𐏐 𐎫𐎹𐎶𐎡/𐎹

    : x-š-ç-m : u-t-a : t-y : m-n-a : k-r-t-m : u-t-a : t-y-m-i-/y

    Machine-generated and unreviewedempire · and · so that · me, mine · do · and · who

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  20. Line 20

    𐏐 𐎱𐎡𐏂 𐏐 𐎣𐎼𐎫𐎶 𐏐 𐎠𐎺𐏁𐎨𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎢𐎼𐎶𐏀𐎭𐎠 𐏐 𐎱𐎠𐎬𐎢𐎺

    : p-i-ç : k-r-t-m : a-v-š-c-i-y : a-u-r-m-z-d-a : p-a-tu-u-v

    Machine-generated and unreviewedAttested line fragment; literal gloss: unknown (piça) · do · unknown (avašciy) · Ahuramazdā · protect

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