Vistun

Japanese: ビストゥン
Vistun
A place name in the Zagros Mountains in western Iran, famous for an ancient Persian rock-cut inscription. Also known as Behistan or Bihistun. The inscription describes the great achievements of Darius I of the Achaemenid Empire in Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian, and includes a relief of his political opponents. The inscription was deciphered by Rawlinson and published after 1846.
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Japanese:
イラン西部のザーグロス山脈中にある地名で,古代ペルシアの磨崖碑文で名高い。ベヒスタンBehistan,ビヒストゥンBihistunとも。碑にはアケメネス朝ダレイオス1世のペルシア帝国建設の偉業がペルシア語,エラム語,バビロニア語で記されており,政敵の群像が浮彫されている。碑文はローリンソンによって解読され,1846年以降発表された。
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