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Lot Essay
PUBLISHED:
P. Knapton, M. R. Sarraf, J. Curtis, "Inscribed Column Bases from Hamadan", Iran XXXIX, The British Institute of Persian Studies, 2001, pp. 99-117.
The complete Old Persian text, reconstructed on the basis of parallel texts, is as follows: 'Saith Artaxerxes the Great King, King of Kings, King of countries, King in this earth, son of Darius the King, of Darius (who was) son of Artaxerxes the King, of Artaxerxes (who was) son of Xerxes who was son of Darius the King, of Darius who was son of Hystaspes, an Achaemenian. By the favour of Ahuramazda, Anaitis, and Mithras, this palace I built. May Ahuramazda, Anaitis and Mithras protect me from evil, and that which I have built may they not shatter or harm' (Kent 1953: 155).
P. Knapton, M. R. Sarraf, J. Curtis, "Inscribed Column Bases from Hamadan", Iran XXXIX, The British Institute of Persian Studies, 2001, pp. 99-117.
The complete Old Persian text, reconstructed on the basis of parallel texts, is as follows: 'Saith Artaxerxes the Great King, King of Kings, King of countries, King in this earth, son of Darius the King, of Darius (who was) son of Artaxerxes the King, of Artaxerxes (who was) son of Xerxes who was son of Darius the King, of Darius who was son of Hystaspes, an Achaemenian. By the favour of Ahuramazda, Anaitis, and Mithras, this palace I built. May Ahuramazda, Anaitis and Mithras protect me from evil, and that which I have built may they not shatter or harm' (Kent 1953: 155).