Artaxerxes I 01
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- Modified on 2023-06-27 18:20:31
- Translated by Henry Heitmann-Gordon
- Aligned by Alex Forbes
A royal inscription of Achaemenid king Artaxerxes I, as translated by Henry Heitmann-Gordon (Heitmann-Gordon, H. (2019). Artaxerxes I 01. ARIo: Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions online. http://oracc.org/ario/Q007250/).
Akkadian
English
iš-ten [ ina LUGAL . MEŠ ma-du-ú-tu ] iš-ten ina [ mu-te-e-me ma-du-ú-tu ] a-na-ku { m } ar-ta-ak-šá-as-su [ LUGAL GAL-ú ] LUGAL . MEŠ LUGAL KUR . KUR . [ MEŠ šá nap-ḫar li-šá-nu ] LUGAL qaq-qa-ru a-⸢ga⸣- [ a-ta GAL-ti ru-uq-qu-ti A ] { m } ḫi-ši-ʾ-ar-ši-ʾ [ LUGAL A { m } da-a-ri-ia-muš LUGAL ] a-ḫa-ma- [ an-ni-iš-ši-ʾ ] ar-ta-ak-⸢šá⸣- [ as-su LUGAL GAL-u i-qab-bi ] i-na GIŠ . MI [ šá da-ḫu-ru-ma-az-da-ʾ ] É a-ga-a [ šá { m } ḫi-ši-ʾ-ar-ši-ʾ LUGAL ] AD-ú-a [ at-tu-ú-a . . . a-na-ku ] e-te-pu-uš a-na- [ ku { d } a-ḫu-ru-ma-az-da-ʾ ] li-iṣ-ṣur-an- [ ni it-ti DINGIR . MEŠ ga-ab-bi ] ù LUGAL-ú-ti-⸢ia⸣ [ ù šá a-na-ku e-pu-uš-šu ]
.
.
.
one
among
many
kings
,
one
among
many
rulers
.
I
am
Artaxerxes
(
II
)
,
Great
King
,
king
of
kings
,
king
of
countries
of
the
totality
of
tongues
,
king
of
this
great
,
wide
earth
,
son
of
Xerxes
(
I
)
the
King
,
descendant
of
Darius
(
the
King
)
,
an
Achaemenian
.
Artaxerxes
(
II
)
the
Great
King
says
:
by
the
favor
of
Ahuramazda
,
this
house
which
?
King
Xerxes
(
I
)
,
my
father
(
built
?
)
,
I
built
.
Me
may
Ahuramazda
protect
,
along
with
all
the
other
gods
,
and
my
kingdom
,
and
what
I
built
.