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Attested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Xerxes I, king of Persia · king
Xšayāršā xšāyaθiyaOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: and · who · unknown (piça) · do
utā tyamaiy piça kartamOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: unknown (avašciy) · Ahuramazdā · protect
avašciy Auramazdā pātuvOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: and · command, direct
utā frāmāyatāOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: to · that one · do
abiy ava kartamOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: make · who · that one · sky · make · who
adā hya avam asmānam adā hyaOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: man · make · who · happiness · make
martiyam adā hya šiyātim adāOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Darius I, king of Persia · king · unknown (puça)
Dārayavahauš xšāyaθiyahyā puçaOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Achaemenid · Persian · Persian · unknown (puça)
Haxāmanišiya Pārsa Pārsahyā puçaOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Iranian · unknown (Ariyaciça) · say · Xerxes I, king of Persia
Ariya Ariyaciça θātiy XšayāršāOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: king · will · Ahuramazdā · this (here)
xšāyaθiya vašnā Auramazdahā imāOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: further away · unknown (hacā) · Persia · I
apataram hacā Pārsā adamšāmOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: who · me, mine · that one · hold · Mede
tya manā avadiš adāraya MādaOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Elam · Arachosia · Armenia · Drangiana · Parthia
Ūja Harauvatiš Armina Zraka ParθavaOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Babylonia · Assyria · Sattagydia · Lydia
Bābirauš Aθurā Θataguš SpardaOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: unknown (Maciyā) · Arabia · Gandhara · India
Maciyā Arabāya Gadāra HidušOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Cappadocia · Dahian · Scythian · Amyrgian · Scythian
Katpatuka Dahā Sakā haumavargā SakāOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: with pointed hats · unknown (Skudrā) · unknown (Ākaufaciyā)
tigraxaudā Skudrā ĀkaufaciyāOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: be, become · be · in · this
abavam astiy atar aitāOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: after · Ahuramazdā · support
pasāvamaiy Auramazdā upastāmOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: carry · will · Ahuramazdā · that one · land
abara vašnā Auramazdahā ava dahyāvamOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: destroy · and · mandate · daiva
viyakanam utā patiyazbayam daivāOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment