Achaemenid Empire. Ganjnameh. Ancient inscription carved in granite in 3 languages: Old Persian, Neo-Babylonian and Neo-Elamite, written by order of the sovereigns Darius the Great (521-485 BC) and Xerxes the Great (485-65 BC). Cuneiform alphabets. Near Hamedan, Islamic Republic of Iran.

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