Inscriptions on the Monuments of the Achcemenides. 265 
E. 
Upon the highest pillar near the southern stairs. 
A great god (is) Aurmazda who created this earth, who created yonder 
heaven, who created man, who created the spirit ? of man, who made Xerxes 
king, one king of many, one lord of many. I (am) Xerxes the great king, 
king of kings, king of the provinces possessing many kinds of people, 
king of this great earth far and wide, son of Darius the king, the Achae- 
menide. Says Xerxes the great king by the grace of Aura * Mazda this 
palace (lit. seat) Darius the king made, who (was) my father; let Aura- 
mazda protect me with the gods and what (was) done by my father 
Darius the king, (all) this let Auramazda protect with the gods. 
F. 
The above inscription is repeated upon the walls of the southern 
stairs. 
G. 
Upon the stairs of the palace. 
A great god (is) Auramazda who created this earth, who created yonder 
heaven, who created man, who created the spirit? of man, who made 
Xerxes king, one king of many, one lord of many. I (am) Xerxes the great 
king, king of kings, king of the provinces possessing many kinds of peo¬ 
ple, king of this great earth far and wide, the son of Darius the king, 
the Achaemenide. Says Xerxes the great king what (was) done by me 
here and what (was) done by me afar, all this I did by the grace of 
Auramazda; let Auramazda protect me with the gods and my kingdom 
and what (was) done by me. 
* Notice that the two members of the compound are separated. In the Zend Avesta we 
read ahura mazda, aura signifies lord (Cf. Sanskrit \ asura, Zend ahura) ; mazda 
we can divide into maz great (Cf. Sanskrit mahat, Lat. mag-nus, Gothic mag, Eng. 
might.) and da to know. 
