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Attested in Old PersianScript, transliteration, and gloss
𐎼𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎶
r-a-s-t-m
right
Documented Old Persian dictionary entry for rāstam; English gloss: right.
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right
Documented attestations in ancient inscriptions
- Darius I, Naqsh-e Rostam (DNb)DNb, 7, DNb 7Confidence 100%
- Darius I, Naqsh-e Rostam (DNb)DNb, 11, DNb 11Confidence 100%
- Xerxes I, Persepolis (XPl)XPl, 7, XPl 7Confidence 100%
- Xerxes I, Persepolis (XPl)XPl, 12, XPl 12Confidence 100%