Fragments of a column base from Hamadan
TNMM 127 ↔ CIMRM 7
Thâtiy / Artakhshatrâ / KHSH / vazraka / KHSH / KHSH(yânâm...... ) Imam / Apadâna / vashn(â Auramazdâhâ / Anah/i/tahyâ / utâ / M/i/trahyâ / akunâ / m)âm Auramazdâ / Anah[i]ta / utâ / M[i]tra / mâ(m /patuv / hacâ / gastâ...... ut)â / imam / tya / akunâ / mâ…...
(Ainsi) parla Artaxerxes le grand roi, roi [des rois ...... ] J’ai bâti (?) cet Apadâna suivant la volonté [d’Ahuramazda, d’Anahita et de Mithra]. (Qu)’Ahuramazda, Anahita et Mithra me gardent du mal.... et ce que j’ai bâti, de peur que……
Fragment of dark limestone torus: from a column base; with the right-hand side of a five-line Babylonian inscription and the left-hand side of a seven-line Old Persian inscription of Artaxerxes II (404-359 BC). Engraved, polished surfaces.
Name, lineage and titles of Artaxerxes II (404BC-359BC), and recording the rebuilding of a palace at Ectabana (modern Hamadan). The full inscription would have read:
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 the King, of Xerxes who was son of Darius the King, of Darius who was son of Hystaspes, an Achaemenian. By the favour of Ahuramazda, Anahita and Mithra, this palace [apadana] I built. May Ahuramazda, Anahita and Mithra protect me from all evil, and that which I have built may they not shatter or harm.
Language: Elamite / Babylonian
Script: Cuneiform
Name, titles and lineage of Artaxerxes II (404BC-359BC) and recording the rebuilding of a palace at Ectabana (modern Hamadan).
Main inscription
References
Weissbach-Bang Altpers. Keilinschr. 46; MMM II 88 No. 2. Knapton Sarraf & Curtis 2001 / Inscribed column bases from Hamadan (pp. 102-4 fig. 2a). Allen 2005a / The Persian Empire: A History (p.63 bottom). Curtis & Tallis 2005 / Forgotten Empire: The world of Ancient Persia (cat. 11 p. 61). Kent 1953 / Old Persian: Grammar Texts Lexicon (A2HA)
- The British Museum (2023) column [Fragment of dark limestone torus].
Comments
If this piece could be added, too, please. At the BM: (G69/dc12) Thanks!
(G52/dc5)