[1]𐏐𐎠𐎭𐎶𐏐𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁𐏐𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹𐏐𐎺
𐏀𐎼𐎣𐏐𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹𐏐𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹
[2]
𐎠𐎴𐎠𐎶𐏐𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹𐏐𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿𐎡𐎹𐏐𐎧𐏁
𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹𐏐𐎭𐏃𐎹𐎢𐎴𐎠𐎶𐏐𐎻𐏁𐎫
[3]
𐎠𐎿𐎱𐏃𐎹𐎠𐏐𐎱𐎢𐏂𐏐𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠𐎶𐏃𐎹𐎠𐏐𐎴𐎱
𐎠𐏐𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁𐎡𐎹𐏐𐎰𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹𐏐
[4]
𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁𐏐𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹𐏐𐎶𐎴𐎠𐏐𐎱𐎡
𐎫𐎠𐏐𐎻𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱𐏐𐎻𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱𐏃𐎹𐎠𐏐𐎱𐎡
𐎫𐎠𐏐𐎠𐎼𐏁
[5]
𐎠𐎶𐏐𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠𐎶𐏃𐎹𐎠𐏐𐎱𐎡𐎫𐎠𐏐𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹𐎠
𐎼𐎶𐎴𐏐𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹𐎠𐎼𐎶𐎴𐏃𐎹𐎠𐏐𐎱𐎡𐎫𐎠𐏐𐎨
𐎡𐏁𐎱𐎡𐏁𐏐𐎨𐎡𐏁𐎱
[6]
𐎠𐎡𐏁𐏐𐎱𐎡𐎫𐎠𐏐𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁𐏐𐎰𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹
𐏐𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁𐏐𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎰𐎡𐎹𐏐𐎠𐎺𐏃𐎹𐎼𐎠
[7]
𐎮𐎹𐏐𐎺𐎹𐎶𐏐𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁𐎡𐎹𐎠𐏐𐎰𐏃𐎹𐎠
𐎶𐏃𐎹𐏐𐏃𐎨𐎠𐏐𐎱𐎽𐎻𐎹𐎫𐏐𐎠𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠𐏐𐎠𐎶
[8]
𐏃𐎹𐏃𐎨𐎠𐏐𐎱𐎽𐎻𐎹𐎫𐏐𐏃𐎹𐎠𐏐𐎠𐎶𐎠𐎧𐎶𐏐
𐎫𐎢𐎶𐎠𐏐𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹𐎠𐏐𐎠𐏃𐏐𐎰
[9]
𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹𐏐𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁𐏐𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹𐏐𐏒𐏒𐏒𐏒
𐏐𐎶𐎴𐎠𐏐𐎫𐎢𐎶𐎠𐎹𐎠𐏐𐎫𐎹𐎡𐎹𐏐𐎱𐎽𐎺𐎶
[10]
𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹𐎠𐏐𐎠𐏃𐏐𐎠𐎭𐎶𐎴𐎺𐎶𐏐𐏒𐏒𐏒𐏒𐏑𐏐𐎯
𐎻𐎫𐎠𐎱𐎼𐎴𐎶𐏐𐎺𐎺𐎶𐏐𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡
[11]
𐎹𐎠𐏐𐎠𐎶𐏃𐎹𐏐𐎰𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹𐏐𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁𐏐
𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹𐏐𐎺𐏁𐎴𐎠𐏐𐎠𐎢𐎼𐎶𐏀𐎭
[12]
𐎠𐏃𐏐𐎠𐎭𐎶𐏐𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹𐏐𐎠𐎷𐎹𐏐𐎠𐎢𐏀
𐎶𐏀𐎭𐎠𐏐𐎧𐏁𐏂
𐎶𐏐𐎶𐎴𐎠𐏐𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎲𐎼𐏐𐎰
[13]
𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹𐏐𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁𐏐𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹𐏐𐎡
𐎶𐎠𐏐𐎭𐏃𐎹𐎠𐎺𐏐𐎫𐎹𐎠𐏐𐎶𐎴𐎠𐏐𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎹𐎠
𐎡𐏁𐏐𐎺𐏁𐎴
[14]
𐎠𐏐𐎠𐎢𐎼𐎶𐏀𐎭𐎠𐏃𐏐𐎠𐎭𐎶𐏁𐎠𐎶𐏐𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹
𐎰𐎡𐎹𐏐𐎠𐏃𐎶𐏐𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿𐏐𐎢𐎺𐎩𐏐𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐏁
𐏐𐎠
[15]
𐎰𐎢𐎼𐎠𐏐𐎠𐎼𐎲𐎠𐎹𐏐𐎸𐎭𐎼𐎠𐎹𐏐𐎫𐎹𐎡𐎹
𐎭𐎼𐎹𐏃𐎹𐎠𐏐𐎿𐎱𐎼𐎭𐏐𐎹𐎢𐎴𐏐𐎶𐎠𐎭𐏐𐎠𐎼
𐎷𐎴𐏐𐎣𐎫
[16]
𐎱𐎬𐎣𐏐𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺𐏐𐏀𐎼𐎣𐏐𐏃𐎼𐎡𐎺𐏐𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼
𐏀𐎷𐎡𐎹𐏐𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐏁𐏐𐎿𐎢𐎦𐎭𐏐𐎥𐎭𐎠𐎼
𐏐𐎿
[17]
𐎣𐏐𐎫𐏃𐎫𐎦𐏁𐏐𐏃𐎼𐎢𐎺𐎫𐎡𐏁𐏐𐎶𐎣𐏐𐎳𐎼𐏃
𐎼𐎺𐎶𐏐𐎭𐏃𐎹𐎠𐎺𐏐𐏔𐏒𐏑𐏐𐎰𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹𐏐𐎭𐎠𐎼
The text above is based upon a CTML (Cuneiform Texts MarkUp Language)
xml page found at:
http://www.elamit.net/ctml/
Developed by Basello Gian Pietro, this site is absolutely fantastic!
This text is from the first link on that page, “Darius Bisotun §§1-6”
My thanks to Tom Gewecke who found this link for the complete Behistun
inscriptions in PDF format at Case Western Reserve University:
http://www.cwru.edu/UL/preserve/stack/Sculptures.html
Unfortunately, this link no longer appears to be working.
Code2001 is a freeware Plane One font which can be used to display
the text on this page.
http://code2001.com/code2001.htm
This page on the evolution of writing features cuneiform:
http://dsuper.net/~elehoczk/history.htm
(At the bottom of the page is a link for an on-line Old Hungarian
Runic transliterator, too.)
Crystalinks has a page on their site called The Stone Tablets of Cyrus
and Darius at:
http://www.crystalinks.com/cyrustablets.html
An Achaemenid Royal Inscription can be seen at:
http://indoeuro.bizland.com/project/script/oldpe1.html
Old Persian texts:
http://www.avesta.org/op/op.htm
Old Iranian Languages and Scripts web site includes an Old
Persian Cuneiform font (non-Unicode) and keyboard layout:
http://iranianlanguages.com/oldiranian/
Note, according to King and Thompson (1907), “The division-wedge is
always written on the rock as 𐏓, never as 𐏐.”
So, the first line above would appear as:
[1]𐏓𐎠𐎭𐎶𐏓𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁𐏓𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹𐏓𐎺
𐏀𐎼𐎣𐏓𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹𐏓𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹
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