The Bisitun Inscriptions of Darius the Great

Old Persian text

Book cover: The Bisitun Inscriptions of Darius the Great

Extent: 86 pages

Publisher: Wiley-VCH

Subjects: Ancient Near East

Series: Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(January 1991)

ISBN: 9780728601819

9.09 x 12.2 inches

Price: $80.00

Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum. Part I: Inscriptions of Ancient Iran. Vol. I: The Old Persian Inscriptions. Texts I. 85 pages : plates ; 24 x 31 cm. The Old Persian text is a multi-lingual inscription located on Mount Behistun in western Iran. It was authored by Darius I, the Great sometime between his coronation as king of the Persian Empire in 522 BC and his death in 486 BC. It includes a brief autobiography and descriptions of the battles to stop the rebellions following the deaths of Cyrus the Great and his son Cambyses II. This book includes photographs of the texts; the transliterated text; phonemic transcription; an English translation of the text; and commentary.


Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum. Part I: Inscriptions of Ancient Iran. Vol. I: The Old Persian Inscriptions. Texts I. 85 pages : plates ; 24 x 31 cm. The Old Persian text is a multi-lingual inscription located on Mount Behistun in western Iran. It was authored by Darius I, the Great sometime between his coronation as king of the Persian Empire in 522 BC and his death in 486 BC. It includes a brief autobiography and descriptions of the battles to stop the rebellions following the deaths of Cyrus the Great and his son Cambyses II. This book includes photographs of the texts; the transliterated text; phonemic transcription; an English translation of the text; and commentary.