The Great King’s Word under AhuraMazdā’s Protection by Aliyari Babolghani, Salman;

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This volume presents a new edition of several fragmentary Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions of Susa in Old Persian, Achaemenid Elamite, and Achaemenid Babylonian, including DSe, DSt, DSb, DSl, DSa, DSk, DSi, DSp, D²Sb, DSj, A²Se, DSs, ‘Inc. Sb’, and others.

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This volume presents part of the author’s research on the Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions recovered in the ruins of the Achaemenid palaces in Susa, conducted within the framework of the DARIOSH-Louvre Project. It offers a new study of several fragmentary inscriptions in Old Persian, Achaemenid Elamite, and Achaemenid Babylonian, currently designated as DSe, DSt, DSb, DSl, DSa, DSk, DSi, DSp, D²Sb, DSj, A²Se, DSs, ‘Inc. Sb’, and others. The book provides a new edition of each inscription based on both published and unpublished fragments. Additionally, it introduces some new lexicons and cuneiform signs in the Old Persian language and script.

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Contents

DARIOSH-Louvre Project’s Note

Acknowledgments

List of Figures and Tables

Abbreviations and Editorial Marks



Introduction

 1 Fragmentary Inscriptions Scattered in Museums

 2 Background and the Necessity of a New Survey

 3 Current State and General Results of the Research

 4 Overview of the Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions of Susa

 5 Technical Details

Part 1: Some Fragments of a Foundation Stone Table Inscription

1 Ahuramazda Protected the Great King’s “Written Word”

 Fresh Old Persian Lexicon in Newly Discovered Fragments of DSe (Accompanied by DSt)

 1 Introduction

 2 Text-Bearers and Fragments

 3 Previous Studies on DSe/OP and ex-DSt

 4 Text of the Fragments

 5 Commentary

 6 New Edition of DSe/OP 44–52

Part 2: Terracotta Brick Inscriptions

2 “AhuraMazdā Belongs to Me”

 Inscriptions DSa, DSb, DSk, DSl, and DSae

 1 Introduction

 2 DSb and DSl

 3 DSa

 4 DSk

 5 DSae

Part 3: Some Threshold Inscriptions

3 “I Did All Superior”

 DSi Inscription (Accompanied by DSp and D²Sb)

 1 Introduction

 2 Fragments in Question and Their Text-Bearers

 3 Previous Studies

 4 Examining the New Edition of DSi

 5 Commentary

 6 Epigraphic Errors in DSi

 7 Examples, Exemplars, and Copies of DSi

 8 Conclusion and New Edition of DSi



4 A Marvelous Palace Built by a Righteous King

 DSj Inscription

 1 Introduction

 2 Text-Bearer of DSj

 3 Dimensions of the Text-Bearer of DSj

 4 Fragments of DSj

 5 Sign Count Estimation in DSj Versions

 6 Previous Studies on DSj

 7 The Latest Editions of DSj

 8 Examining the New Edition of DSj/OP/AE/AB

 9 Commentary

 10 New Edition of DSj



5 The Man Who Does What AhuraMazdā Wished

 A²Se Inscription (Accompanied by DSs, ‘Inc. Sb’ and Two Other Fragments)

 1 Introduction

 2 Fragments in Question and Previous Studies

 3 Text-Bearer of the Fragments

 4 DSs, ‘Inc. Sb’, Sb 9998, and Louvre 54 as Fragments of A²Se

 5 Examining the New Edition of A²Se

 6 Commentary

 7 Examples, Exemplars, and Copies of A²Se

 8 Dimensions of the Text-Bearer of A²Se

 9 Conclusion and New Edition of A²Se

Appendix 1: Persian Translations of the Inscriptions

Appendix 2: Revised List of Old Persian Logograms

Bibliography

Index

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