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Attested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Ahuramazdā · protect · and · house
Auramazdā pātuv utāmaiy viθamOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: I · Darius I, king of Persia
adam DārayavaušOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: king · great
xšāyaθiya vazrakaOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: I · unknown (Darayavauš)
adam Darayavauš XŠOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: I · Darius I, king of Persia · king
adam Dārayavauš XŠOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Darius I, king of Persia · king · great
Dārayavauš xšāyaθiya vazrakaOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: king · great
XŠ vazrakaOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: king · will · Ahuramazdā · I
XŠ vašnā Auramazdāha adamOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: unknown (xšaçam) · me, mine · family · grant
xšaçam manā taumāyā frābaraOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: who · that one · sky · make · who · man
hya avam asmānam adā hya martiyamOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: make · who · happiness · make · man · who
adā hya šiyātim adā martiyahyā hyaOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Xerxes I, king of Persia · king · do · one
Xšayāršām xšāyaθiyam akunauš aivamOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: I · Xerxes I, king of Persia · king · great
adam Xšayāršā xšāyaθiya vazrakaOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: say · Xerxes I, king of Persia · king · will
θātiy Xšayāršā xšāyaθiya vašnāOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Ahuramazdā · this (here) · gatehouse · all lands
Auramazdāhā imam duvarθim visadahyumOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: I · do · very · unknown (aniyašciy) · beautiful
adam akunavam vasiy aniyašciy naibamOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: do · this (here) · Persia · who · I · do
kartam anā Pārsā tya adam akunavamOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: do · say · Xerxes I, king of Persia
akumā θātiy XšayāršāOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: unknown (piça) · do · unknown (avašciy) · Ahuramazdā · protect
piça kartam avašciy Auramazdā pātuvOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: this (here) · earth
ahiyāyā būmiyāOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: here · and · who
idā utā tyamaiyOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: and · who · do
utā tyamaiy kartamOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment