Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.A1Vase B
[Inscription on a vase.]
Ardaxcašca \ XŠ \ vazraka
The great king Artaxerxes.
Literature
Pierre Lecoq, Les inscriptions de la Perse…
Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.A1 Vase C = A1 Vase D
[Two identical inscriptions on vases.]
Artaxšaçâ \ šhâyathiya
King Artaxerxes.
Literature
Pierre Lecoq, Les inscriptions de…
Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.A2Ha, inscription on a column base from Ecbatana
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Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.A2Hb, inscription on column bases from Ecbatana
[Brief Old Persian inscription on column bases. It is interesting to see…
Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.A2Hc, gold tablet from Ecbatana
[Rather stereotypical inscription on a gold tablet, similar to D2Ha.]
baga \ vazraka \ Auramazdâ…
Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.A2Pa, indications of people on the Tomb of Artaxerxes II near Persepolis
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Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.A2Sa, inscription on column bases from Susa
[Old Persian inscription from the Apadana on fragments of four column bases;…
Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.A2Sb, inscription on column bases from Susa
[Old Persian inscription on fragments of several column bases; Elamite and Babylonian…
Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.A2Sc, inscription from Susa
[Old Persian inscription with large lacunas on a stone tablet, indicated in italics.]
[adam \ Artaxšaçâ…
Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.A2Sd, inscription on column bases from Susa
[Partly reconstructed Old Persian inscription from the Palace of Artaxerxes II Mnemon…
Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.A3Pa was added in the mid-fourth century to the newly-built western staircase of the Palace of Darius by…