Artaxerxes III 02
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- Created on 2023-06-27 18:40:37
- Modified on 2023-06-27 19:01:21
- Translated by Henry Heitmann-Gordon
- Aligned by Alex Forbes
A royal inscription of Achaemenid king Artaxerxes III, as translated by Henry Heitmann-Gordon (Heitmann-Gordon, H. (2019). Artaxerxes III 02. ARIo: Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions online. http://oracc.org/ario/Q007282/).
Akkadian
English
[ i-qá-bi ar-tak-šat-su ša-ar-ri GAL-ú ša-ar-ri šá sa-ar-ra-ni ša-ar-ri KUR . « MEŠ » šá ina ] [ muḫ-ḫi qaq-qar gab-bi IBILA šá ar-tak ] -⸢šat⸣-su ša-ar ar-tak-⸢šat⸣- [ su IBILA ša da-ri-ia-a-muš LUGAL ] [ da-ri-ia-muš IBILA ša ar-tak-šat-su LUGAL ar-tak-šat ] -su IBILA ša ḫi-ši-ar-šu šar- [ ri ḫi-ši-ar-šu IBILA ša da-ri-ia-muš ] [ LUGAL da-ri-ia-muš IBILA ša uš-tas-pu uš ] -⸢tas⸣-pu IBILA ša ar-šam ar-šam-mu a- [ ḫa-ma-ni-ši-Iʾ i-qá-bi ] [ ar-tak-šat-su LUGAL GAL a-ga-šum bi-it ] ša-a-šu ana-ku a-ga-mar-šu ba-nu-ú ri-ši ul [ . . . ] ku ina GIŠ . MI da-ḫu-ru-mu-uz-da É ar- [ ku-ú . . . ] -ú ip-šú i-tu-ri i-qá-bi ar-tak- [ šat-su LUGAL da-ḫu-ru-mu-uz-da ] [ an-na-i-tu u { d } mi-it-ri ana-ku ] li-su-ru-uʾ la-pa-ni [ bi-i-ši gab-bi u ša ana-ku e-pu-uš-šu ]
Proclaims
Artaxerxes
,
the
Great
King
,
the
King
of
Kings
,
the
King
of
lands
that
are
(
in
the
entire
world
)
,
son
of
Artaxerxes
,
the
king
;
Artaxerxes
(
was
)
the
son
of
Darius
the
king
;
Darius
(
was
)
the
son
of
Artaxerxes
,
the
king
;
Artaxerxes
(
was
)
the
son
of
Xerxes
,
the
king
;
Xerxes
(
was
)
the
son
of
Darius
the
king
;
Darius
was
the
son
of
Hystaspes
;
Hystaspes
was
the
son
of
Arsames
;
Arsames
(
was
)
from
Achaimenes
house
.
Proclaims
Artaxerxes
,
the
Great
King
:
I
complete
this
house
.
The
builder
of
the
front
did
not
.
.
.
Under
the
protection
of
Ahuramazda
,
I
built
the
back
house
.
.
.
(
which
)
is
built
.
Repeats
(
and
)
proclaims
Artaxerxes
,
the
king
:
May
Ahuramazda
,
Anahita
and
Mithra
protect
me
from
all
things
repulsive
and
what
I
have
built
.