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Attested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Ahuramazdā · protect · and · house
a-u-r-m-z-d-a : p-a-tu-u-v : u-t-a-m-i-y : vi-i-ϑ-mOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: I · Darius I, king of Persia
a-d-m : d-a-r-y-v-u-šOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: king · great
x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : v-z-r-kOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: I · unknown (Darayavauš)
a-d-m : d-r-y-v-u-š XŠOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: I · Darius I, king of Persia · king
a-d-m : d-a-r-y-v-u-š : XŠOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Darius I, king of Persia · king · great
d-a-r-y-v-u-š : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : v-z-r-kOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: king · great
XŠ : v-z-r-kOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: king · will · Ahuramazdā · I
XŠ : v-š-n-a : a-u-r-m-z-d-a-h : a-d-mOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: unknown (xšaçam) · me, mine · family · grant
x-š-ç-m : m-n-a : t-u-m-a-y-a : f-r-a-b-rOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: who · that one · sky · make · who · man
h-y : a-v-m : a-s-m-a-n-m : a-d-a : h-y : m-r-t-i-y-mOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: make · who · happiness · make · man · who
a-d-a : h-y : š-i-y-a-t-i-m : a-d-a : m-r-t-i-y-h-y-a : h-yOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Xerxes I, king of Persia · king · do · one
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-mOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: I · Xerxes I, king of Persia · king · great
a-d-m : x-š-y-a-r-š-a : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : v-z-r-kOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: say · Xerxes I, king of Persia · king · will
ϑ-a-t-i-y : x-š-y-a-r-š-a : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : v-š-n-aOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Ahuramazdā · this (here) · gatehouse · all lands
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-mOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: I · do · very · unknown (aniyašciy) · beautiful
a-d-m : a-ku-u-n-v-m : v-s-i-y : a-n-i-y-š-c-i-y : n-i-b-mOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: do · this (here) · Persia · who · I · do
k-r-t-m : a-n-a : p-a-r-s-a : t-y : a-d-m : a-ku-u-n-v-mOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: do · say · Xerxes I, king of Persia
a-ku-u-m-a : ϑ-a-t-i-y : x-š-y-a-r-š-aOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: unknown (piça) · do · unknown (avašciy) · Ahuramazdā · protect
p-i-ç : k-r-t-m : a-v-š-c-i-y : a-u-r-m-z-d-a : p-a-tu-u-vOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: this (here) · earth
a-h-i-y-a-y-a : b-u-mi-i-y-aOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: here · and · who
i-d-a : u-t-a : t-y-m-i-yOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: and · who · do
u-t-a : t-y-m-i-y : k-r-t-mOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment