Great King’s Word under AhuraMazdā’s Protection

Salman Aliyari Babolghani, Ph.D. (2014), is a researcher at the University of Hamburg. He has published monographs and articles on Achaemenid inscriptions and the philology of ‘West Iranian’ languages, including The Elamite Version of Darius the Great’s Inscription at Bisotun (Nashr-e Markaz, 2015), in Persian.

• ContentsDARIOSH-Louvre Project’s NoteAcknowledgmentsList of Figures and TablesAbbreviations and Editorial MarksIntroduction1 Fragmentary Inscriptions Scattered in Museums2 Background and the Necessity of a New Survey3 Current State and General Results of the Research4 Overview of the Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions of Susa5 Technical DetailsPart 1: Some Fragments of a Foundation Stone Table Inscription1 Ahuramazda Protected the Great King’s “Written Word”Fresh Old Persian Lexicon in Newly Discovered Fragments of DSe (Accompanied by DSt)1 Introduction2 Text-Bearers and Fragments3 Previous Studies on DSe/OP and ex-DSt4 Text of the Fragments5 Commentary6 New Edition of DSe/OP 44–52Part 2: Terracotta Brick Inscriptions2 “AhuraMazdā Belongs to Me”Inscriptions DSa, DSb, DSk, DSl, and DSae1 Introduction2 DSb and DSl3 DSa4 DSk5 DSaePart 3: Some Threshold Inscriptions3 “I Did All Superior”DSi Inscription (Accompanied by DSp and D²Sb)1 Introduction2 Fragments in Question and Their Text-Bearers3 Previous Studies4 Examining the New Edition of DSi5 Commentary6 Epigraphic Errors in DSi7 Examples, Exemplars, and Copies of DSi8 Conclusion and New Edition of DSi4 A Marvelous Palace Built by a Righteous KingDSj Inscription1 Introduction2 Text-Bearer of DSj3 Dimensions of the Text-Bearer of DSj4 Fragments of DSj5 Sign Count Estimation in DSj Versions6 Previous Studies on DSj7 The Latest Editions of DSj8 Examining the New Edition of DSj/OP/AE/AB9 Commentary10 New Edition of DSj5 The Man Who Does What AhuraMazdā WishedA²Se Inscription (Accompanied by DSs, ‘Inc. Sb’ and Two Other Fragments)1 Introduction2 Fragments in Question and Previous Studies3 Text-Bearer of the Fragments4 DSs, ‘Inc. Sb’, Sb 9998, and Louvre 54 as Fragments of A²Se5 Examining the New Edition of A²Se6 Commentary7 Examples, Exemplars, and Copies of A²Se8 Dimensions of the Text-Bearer of A²Se9 Conclusion and New Edition of A²SeAppendix 1: Persian Translations of the InscriptionsAppendix 2: Revised List of Old Persian LogogramsBibliographyIndex