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Attested sentence; word glosses: Darius I, king of Persia · king · great · Hystaspes, father of Darius I · son · Achaemenid
d-a-r-y-v-u-š : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : v-z-r-k : vi-i-š-t-a-s-p-h-y-a : p-u-ç : h-x-a-m-n-i-š-i-yOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested sentence; word glosses: I · Darius I, king of Persia · king · great · land · all · earth · Hystaspes, father of Darius I · son · Achaemenid
a-d-m : d-a-r-y-v-u-š : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : v-z-r-k : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y-a-n-a-m : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : d-h-y-u-n-a-m : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : h-ru-u-v-h-y-a-y-a : b-u-mi-i-y-a : vi-š-t-a-s-p-h-y-a : p-u-ç : h-x-a-m-n-i-š-i-yOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested sentence; word glosses: I · Darius I, king of Persia · king · great · Hystaspes, father of Darius I · son
a-d-m : d-a-r-y-v-u-š : XŠ : v-z-r-k : XŠ : XŠ-y-a-n-a-m : vi-i-š-t-a-s-p-h-y-a : p-u-çOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested sentence; word glosses: I · Darius I, king of Persia · king · great · land · this (here) · earth · Hystaspes, father of Darius I · son · Achaemenid · say, proclaim, communicate · this · palace · build
a-d-m : d-a-r-y-v-u-š : XŠ : v-z-r-k : XŠ : XŠ-y-a-n-a-m : XŠ : DH-n-a-m : XŠ : a-h-y-a-y-a : BU-y-a : vi-i-š-t-a-s-p-h-y-a : p-u-ç : h-x-a-m-n-i-š-i-y : ϑ-a-t-i-y : d-a-r-y-v-u-š : XŠ : i-m-m : d-c-r-m : a-d-m : a-ku-u-n-v-mOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested sentence; word glosses: say, proclaim, communicate · Darius I, king of Persia · king · will · Ahuramazdā · that · think · do · for that reason · all · successful · be
ϑ-a-t-i-y : d-a-r-y-v-u-š : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : v-š-n-a : a-u-r-m-z-d-a-h : t-y : a-m-n-i-y-i-y : ku-u-n-v-a-n-i-y : a-v-m-i-y : vi-i-s-m : u-c-a-r-m : a-hOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested sentence; word glosses: I · Darius I, king of Persia · king · great · land · this (here) · earth · Hystaspes, father of Darius I · son · Achaemenid
a-d-m : d-a-r-y-v-u-š : XŠ : v-z-r-k : XŠ : XŠ-y-a-n-a-m : XŠ : DH-y-u-n-a-m : XŠ : a-h-y-a-y-a : BU-y-a : vi-i-š-t-a-s-p-h-y-a : p-u-ç : h-x-a-m-n-i-š-i-yOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested sentence; word glosses: pommel · of semi-precious stone · Darius I, king of Persia · king · court · make
m-y-u-x : k-a-s-k-i-n : d-a-r-y-v-h-u-š : XŠ-h-y-a : vi-i-ϑ-i-y-a : k-r-tOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested sentence; word glosses: Darius I, king of Persia · king · great · land · this (here) · earth · Hystaspes, father of Darius I · son · Achaemenid
d-a-r-y-v-u-š : XŠ : v-z-r-k : XŠ : XŠ-y-a-n-a-m : XŠ : d-h-y-u-n-a-m : XŠ : a-h-y-a-y-a : b-u-mi-i-y-a : v-z-r-k-a-y-a : vi-i-š-t-a-s-p-h-y-a : p-u-ç : h-x-a-m-n-i-š-i-yOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested sentence; word glosses: Darius I, king of Persia · king · great
d-a-r-y-v-u-š : XŠ : v-z-r-kOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested sentence; word glosses: Xerxes I, king of Persia · king · great
x-š-y-a-r-š-a : XŠ : v-z-r-kOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested sentence; word glosses: Xerxes I, king of Persia · king · great · Darius I, king of Persia · son · Achaemenid
x-š-y-a-r-š-a : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : v-z-r-k : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y-a-n-a-m : d-a-r-y-v-h-u-š : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y-h-y-a : p-u-ç : h-x-a-m-n-i-š-i-yOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment