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Attested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: king · one · much · lord
XŠm aivam parūnām framātāramOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: I · Xerxes I, king of Persia · king · great · king · king · king
adam Xšayāršā XŠ vazraka XŠ XŠānām XŠOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: palace · Darius I, king of Persia · king · do · who · me, mine
hadiš Dārayavauš XŠ akunauš hya manāOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: and · who · do · and · who
utā tyamaiy kartam utā tyamaiyOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: unknown (piça) · Darius I, king of Persia · king · do · unknown (avašciy)
piça Dārayavahauš XŠhyā kartam avašciyOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Ahuramazdā · protect · (together) with · god
Auramazdā pātuv hadā bagaibišOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: earth · make · who · that one
būmim adā hya avamOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: king · great · king
xšāyaθiya vazraka xšāyaθiyaOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: with many tribes · king
paruvzanānām xšāyaθiyaOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: this (here) · earth · great
ahiyāyā būmiyā vazrakāyāOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: unknown (xšaçam) · and · who · do
xšaçam utā tyamaiy kartamOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: make · who · man · make
adā hya martiyam adāOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: who · Xerxes I, king of Persia · king
hya Xšayāršām xšāyaθiyamOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: say · Xerxes I, king of Persia
θātiy XšayāršāOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Hystaspes, father of Darius I · and · Arsames, Darius I's grandfather
Vištāspa utā AršāmaOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: do · this (here)
akunauš ahyāyāOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: do · say · Xerxes I, king of Persia
akunauš θātiy XšayāršāOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: unknown (aniyaiciy) · be · Ahuramazdā
aniyaiciy āhatā AuramazdāmOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: unknown (avaθa) · wish · be · Darius I, king of Persia · who
avaθa kāma āha Dārayavauš hyaOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: me, mine · father · after · body · me, mine
manā pitā pasā tanūm māmOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: greatest · do · as
maθištam akunauš yaθāmaiyOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: who · unknown (piça) · do · be
tyamaiy piça kartam āhaOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment