Achaemenian
of or relating to the Achaemenids or their language, as recorded in cuneiform inscriptions.
Historical Examples
The state and pomp which surrounded the monarch seem scarcely to have fallen short of the Achaemenian standard.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia George Rawlinson
The Achaemenian kings regarded the plane as their peculiar tree, and a representation of it in gold formed part of their state.
The Sacred Tree J. H. Philpot
The Achaemenian sovereign did not hesitate to forestall the attack, and promptly assumed the offensive.
History Of Egypt, Chalda, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 9 (of 12) G. Maspero
One gem, ascribed on somewhat doubtful grounds to the Persians of Achaemenian times, contains what appears to be a portrait.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 5. (of 7): Persia George Rawlinson
He is indeed the only monarch of the Achaemenian line who appears to have been bloodthirsty by temperament.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 5. (of 7): Persia George Rawlinson
The Saseanian reliefs need not on the whole shrink from a comparison with those of the Achaemenian Persians.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 7. (of 7): The Sassanian or New Persian Empire George Rawlinson
The Oxus, in the time of the Achaemenian kings, fell into the Caspian by a channel which can even now be traced.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 5. (of 7): Persia George Rawlinson
Anzan had been first occupied, it would appear, by his great-grandfather Teispes the Achaemenian.
A Primer of Assyriology Archibald Henry Sayce
Now only the older Pg 87Persian inscriptions of the Achaemenian kings awaited interpretation.
Mesopotamian Archaeology Percy S. P. Handcock
The Achaemenian kings joined him occasionally with Ormazd in their invocations.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 7. (of 7): The Sassanian or New Persian Empire George Rawlinson
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