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The Behistun Inscription is a monumental relief carving in Iran dating to the Achaemenid Empire (c. 520 BC). It features King Darius I depicted alongside cuneiform texts in Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian. This trilingual inscription provided crucial evidence for deciphering cuneiform, establis...
This Old Persian cuneiform inscription by Darius I at Persepolis in Iran details the construction of his grand palace complex in the 6th century BCE.
The Shapur I Inscription on the Ka'ba-ye Zartosht is a major trilingual text located at Naqsh-e Rostam in modern-day Iran. Carved during the Sasanian Empire, it details the military campaigns and achievements of King Shapur I, specifically his wars against the Roman Empire and the capture of Emperor...
The Decree of Canopus is a priestly decree issued in Ptolemaic Egypt in 238 BCE during the reign of Ptolemy III Euergetes and Queen Berenice II. Surviving stelae present the text in Egyptian hieroglyphs, Demotic Egyptian, and ancient Greek, anticipating the multilingual format of the Rosetta Stone....
The Memphis Decree of Ptolemy V is a 196 BC Egyptian priestly decree most famously preserved on the Rosetta Stone, which became the key to deciphering ancient hieroglyphs.
