Image: Inscription in Babylonian, in the Xerxes I inscription at Van, 5th century BCE
Description: Inscription in Babylonian, in the Xerxes I inscription at Van, 5th century BCE "Ahuramazda is the great god, the greatest god who created the sky and created the land and created humans Who gave prosperity to the humans Who made Xerxes king King of many kings, being the only ruler of the totality of all lands “I am Xerxes, the great king, the king of kings, the king of the lands, king of all the languages, king of the great and large land, the son of king Darius the Achaemenian” The king Xerxes says: “the king Darius, my father, praised be Ahuramazda, made a lot of good, and this mountain, he ordered to work its cliff and he wrote nothing on it so, me, I ordered to write here. May Ahuramazda protect me, with all the gods and so my kingdom and what I have done."
Title: Inscription in Babylonian, in the Xerxes I inscription at Van, 5th century BCE
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