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Attested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: unknown (puça) · Achaemenid
p-u-ç : h-x-a-m-n-i-š-i-yOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: me, mine · grant · who · with good soldiers
m-n-a : f-r-a-b-r : t-y : u-k-a-r-mOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: land · hold · me, mine
d-h-y-a-u-m : d-a-r-y-a-mi-i-y : m-a-mOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: after · people · entire · unknown (hamiçiya) · be, become · unknown (hacā) · Cambyses II, king of Persia · to · that one
p-s-a-v : k-a-r : h-ru-u-v : h-mi-i-ç-i-y : a-b-v : h-c-a : k-b-u-ji-i-y-a : a-b-i-y : a-v-mOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: after · magus, pretender to the throne · who · Magian/Magus · rob · Cambyses II, king of Persia · and · Persia · and
p-s-a-v : g-u-m-a-t : h-y : m-gu-u-š : a-di-i-n-a : k-b-u-ji-i-y-m : u-t-a : p-a-r-s-m : u-t-aOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: plead · Ahuramazdā · support · carry · 7th month
p-t-i-y-a-v-h-y-i-y : a-u-r-m-z-d-a-m-i-y : u-p-s-t-a-m : a-b-r : b-a-g-y-a-d-i-šOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: be · who · Nabonidus, king of Babylon · unknown (puça) · after · people · who · Babylonian
a-mi-i-y : h-y : n-b-u-n-i-t-h-y-a : p-u-ç : p-s-a-v : k-a-r : h-y : b-a-b-i-ru-u-vi-i-yOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: people · who · Nidintu-Bel, Babylonian rebel, son of Ainaira · pointed · hold · there · set down · and
k-a-r : h-y : n-di-i-t-b-i-r-h-y-a : t-i-g-r-a-m : a-d-a-r-y : a-v-d-a : a-i-š-t-t-a : u-t-aOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: that one · I · send · Armenia · so · speak · set off · people
a-v-m : a-d-m : f-r-a-i-š-y-m : a-r-mi-i-n-m : a-v-ϑ-a-š-i-y : a-ϑ-h-m : p-r-i-di-i-y : k-a-rOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: name · land · Armenian · there · fight · do
n-a-m-a : d-h-y-a-u-š : a-r-mi-i-n-i-y-i-y : a-v-d-a : h-m-r-n-m : a-ku-u-n-vOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: last · to · so · fight · do · after · general of Darius I
ji-i-y-m-n-m : p-t-i-y : a-v-ϑ-a-š-a-m : h-m-r-n-m : k-r-t-m : p-s-a-v : v-u-mi-i-sOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Babylon · move · Media · as · Media · arrive · Median city · name
b-a-b-i-r-u-š : a-š-i-y-v-m : m-a-d-m : y-ϑ-a : m-a-d-m : p-r-a-r-s-m : ku-u-du-ru-u-š : n-a-mOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: do · Ahuramazdā · support · carry · will · Ahuramazdā · people
a-ku-u-m-a : a-u-r-m-z-d-a-m-i-y : u-p-s-t-a-m : a-b-r : v-š-n-a : a-u-r-m-z-d-a-h : k-a-r-mOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: see · after · Ecbatana · (stake) planted upright? · do
a-v-i-n : p-s-a-v-š-i-m : h-g-m-t-a-n-i-y : u-z-m-y-a-p-t-i-y : a-ku-u-n-v-mOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: as · that one · people · arrive · to · Hystaspes, father of Darius I
y-ϑ-a : h-u-v : k-a-r : p-r-a-r-s : a-b-i-y : vi-š-t-a-s-p-mOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: name · place · Parthia · there · fight · do · (together) with
n-a-m : v-r-d-n-m : p-r-ϑ-v-i-y : a-v-d-a : h-m-r-n-m : a-ku-u-n-u-š : h-d-aOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: king · Margiana · name · land · that one · unknown (hamiçiyā) · be, become
x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : m-r-gu-u-š : n-a-m-a : d-h-y-a-u-š : h-u-v-m-i-y : h-mi-i-ç-i-y-a : a-b-vOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: support · carry · will · Ahuramazdā · people · who · me, mine · that one · people
u-p-s-t-a-m : a-b-r : v-š-n-a : a-u-r-m-z-d-a-h : k-a-r : h-y : m-n-a : a-v-m : k-a-r-mOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: second · revolt · Persia · people · so
du-u-vi-i-t-i-y-m : u-d-p-t-t-a : p-a-r-s-i-y : k-a-r-h-y-a : a-v-ϑ-aOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: speak · I · younger brother of Cambyses II · be · who · Cyrus II, king of Persia · unknown (puça) · after
a-ϑ-h : a-d-m : b-r-di-i-y : a-mi-i-y : h-y : ku-u-r-u-š : p-u-ç : p-s-a-vOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: after · general of Darius I · (together) with · people · move · Persia
p-s-a-v : a-r-t-v-r-di-i-y : h-d-a : k-a-r-a : a-š-i-y-v : p-a-r-s-mOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: that one · Yutiyian rebel · who · younger brother of Cambyses II · call onself · come, go
h-u-v : v-h-y-z-d-a-t : h-y : b-r-di-i-y : a-g-u-b-t-a : a-i-šOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment