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Darius Ancient Inscription Found in Boushehr Deciphered
Persian Journal ^ | Apr 9, 2005

Posted on 04/13/2005 1:51:24 AM PDT by nickcarraway

Archaeologists have succeeded to decipher the text of an old stone tablet found recently in Boushehr, south of Iran. The tablet belongs to Darius the Great, King of Achaemenids.

Excavation in the old palace of Bardak-e Siah in Boushehr, in the southern province of Boushehr, at the end of March led to the discovery of a stone tablet, with a written text in New Babylonian and a relief of Darius the Great.

Experts of ancient languages succeeded to read and decipher the text, which is evidently part of a larger one. It says: "... I put ... on top of the gate..."

According to head of the excavation team of Doroudgah-e Borazjan (where the palace is located), Ehsan Yaghmayi, the stone inscription is actually the base of a column. The beginning and end of the inscription is broken and a large part of the text is still uncovered, leaving experts with just one line of inscription.

Dr. Abdolmajid Rafi'i, expert of ancient languages, has proved that the language the text is written in is New Babylonian. The one sentence reads: "...I put ... on top of the gate ....".

In the Achaemenid era, each tablet was usually inscribed not only in New Babylonian, but also in New Elamite and Ancient Persian, and therefore, the archaeology team is looking to find the rest of the Darius tablet.

Last week, the team also found another tablet, which is grey and is of limestone. It measures 3x5 centimeters and only one word is inscribed on it. Experts believe it belonged to a larger text. Dr. Arfai?i has started working on deciphering the new discovery.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: archaeology; elamite; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; history; persia
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1 posted on 04/13/2005 1:51:25 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway; Jeremiah Jr; Quix; Lijahsbubbe; blam; SunkenCiv
The one sentence reads: "...I put ... on top of the gate ....".

Talk about suspense!

2 posted on 04/13/2005 2:13:18 AM PDT by Thinkin' Gal
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To: nickcarraway
Impossible. The Bible is made up of old wives tale by an evil patriarchal society.

< / sarcasm >

3 posted on 04/13/2005 2:13:51 AM PDT by Popman (The American Left: Goose Stepping into the Future)
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To: Thinkin' Gal

Thanks.


4 posted on 04/13/2005 2:15:57 AM PDT by Quix (HAVING A FORM of GODLINESS but DENYING ITS POWER. 2 TIM 3:5)
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To: Thinkin' Gal

At a guess, and knowing a little about history, I suspect that the full text runs something like this:

"I put [(someone's) head] on top of the gate... [such is how all traitors are served.]"


5 posted on 04/13/2005 2:19:15 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Thinkin' Gal

In a galaxy long ago and far away, my dog died.

Welllll, maybe not.

But I would sure like to read the portions yet to be uncovered and deciphered! Meanwhile, making toast may take priority.

Thanks, though. I do appreciate such pings.


6 posted on 04/13/2005 2:19:35 AM PDT by Quix (HAVING A FORM of GODLINESS but DENYING ITS POWER. 2 TIM 3:5)
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To: Spktyr

roflmao... funny. I was thinking exactly the same thing.


7 posted on 04/13/2005 2:22:59 AM PDT by coconutt2000 (NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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To: nickcarraway
And the Hittites were just another ridiculous Bible myth that only a simpleton would buy into.

Upon being proven wrong, the arrogant skeptic merely redoubles his efforts and blows more self-aggrandizing gas.

8 posted on 04/13/2005 2:30:07 AM PDT by Old Landmarks (No fear of man.)
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To: nickcarraway

The previous sentence was, "Hold my beer."


9 posted on 04/13/2005 2:43:01 AM PDT by msnimje
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To: msnimje

And his mother in law is what he put on top of the gate....


10 posted on 04/13/2005 2:45:37 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (No wonder the Southern Baptist Church threw Greer out: Only one god per church! [Ann Coulter])
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To: Spktyr

More likely this:

"[Dear Milkman, I put your payment in the mailbox] on top of the gate"


11 posted on 04/13/2005 3:03:37 AM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: Nathan Zachary

Could be but I have a lot of experience in this area and I'm sure it translates to "Made in China".


12 posted on 04/13/2005 3:24:12 AM PDT by Proud_texan (May the Blessings of God be among all faithful people)
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To: Popman
The business about myths was destroyed when ancient Sumerian texts were unearthed and translated a century ago.

Many of the Bible stories that had been hypothesized as arising out of an "Hebrew oral tradition" were now seen as coming from the same tradition as the world's earliest written documents.

I didn't know anyone was still arguing for the myth thing.

13 posted on 04/13/2005 3:26:42 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Spktyr

If the inscription comes from the beginning of Darius' reign, then he probably did put a head on a gate. He fought a two-year civil war (522-520 B.C.) to keep his throne, defeating nine enemies in nineteen separate battles, according to the famous Behistun inscription. The predecessor he overthrew, Smerdis, was very popular because he had decreed that no taxes would be collected for three years. And today's politicians have the nerve to claim that George W. Bush's tax breaks will break the bank.

How's that for a tie-in with modern politics?


14 posted on 04/13/2005 3:27:47 AM PDT by Berosus
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To: msnimje
"Hold my beer."

Darius the Great, King of Achaemenids was a Redneck!
15 posted on 04/13/2005 3:29:43 AM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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To: nickcarraway
"EAT AT JOE'S"..Hey!, It could happen.
16 posted on 04/13/2005 4:03:43 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
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To: nickcarraway
kidding aside...for lack of a "Rosetta Stone"...such translation maybe IFy @ best..or some other like discovery. :/
17 posted on 04/13/2005 4:10:26 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
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To: Thinkin' Gal
I'm guessing the complete form is

"... I put 99 bottles of beer... on top of the gate... I took one down, passeth it around and now we got 98 bottles of beer on top of the gate"
18 posted on 04/13/2005 4:54:31 AM PDT by Cronos (Never forget 9/11)
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To: Popman

errr... what's the veracity of the Bible got to do with this? The Old Testament starting from Abraham is historically accurate and very verifiable even to modern day archaeologists(Genesis of course deals with pre-history!)


19 posted on 04/13/2005 4:56:04 AM PDT by Cronos (Never forget 9/11)
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To: Old Landmarks; blam; SunkenCiv

The Hittites were a known superpower in the Middle East. These indo-European people, successors to the Hurrians and Mitanni were powerful enough to cow the earlier 2000 BC superpowers in Mesopotamia: Assyria and Babylonia and also threaten the other superpower: Egypt.


20 posted on 04/13/2005 4:57:44 AM PDT by Cronos (Never forget 9/11)
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