Ancient World

Behistun papyrus

The Behistun papyrus, formally known as Papyrus Berlin 13447, is an Aramaic-Egyptian fragmentary partial copy of the Behistun inscription, and one of the Elephantine papyri discovered during the German excavations between 1906 and 1908. The text is known as DB Aram in the identification code of the Achaemenid royal inscriptions, and separately as TADAE C2.1+3.13. It is the only known Aramaic version of an Achaemenid royal inscription, despite Aramaic being considered the lingua franca of the Achaemenid Empire. The papyrus is part of the Berlin Papyrus Collection and held at the Egyptian Museum of Berlin.

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• ▸Cyclades
• ▸Francis Skeat
• ▸Ife Empire

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