Oriental studies

There are 625 items in Oriental studies:

XPe

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.XPe, inscription from the Palace of Xerxes at Persepolis Text of fourteen inscriptions in three languages (Old Persian, Elamite,…

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XPg

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.XPg, inscription from the Apadana of Persepolis Inscription XPg was written on an ornamental plaque and on many glazed…

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XPi

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.XPi, inscription on a doorknob from Persepolis Brief inscription, in Old Persian and Elamite, from the Palace of king…

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XPj

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.XPj, inscription on column bases from Persepolis Inscription XPj (in Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian) was found on at…

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XPk

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.XPk, inscription on a relief from Persepolis This inscription can be read on Xerxes' garment on a relief. It…

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XPl

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.The following text was written by Xerxes on a stone tablet, and is an almost exact copy of…

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XPm

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.XPm, inscription on column bases from Persepolis This inscription can be read on many fragments from the Palace of…

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XSa

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.XSa, inscription on column bases from Susa Old Persian inscription on numerous fragments of a column base; translations in…

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XSb

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.XSb, inscription on column bases from Susa Inscription on a column base, Babylonian variant on XSc. I am Xerxes, the…

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XSc

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.XSc, inscription on a slab of marble from Susa [Fragmentary Old Persian text on a slab of marble; the…

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