Kūh-e Rahmat (English spelling)

Japanese: Kūh-e Rahmat(英語表記)KuheRahmat
Kūh-e Rahmat (English spelling)

…It was built during the reigns of Darius I and Xerxes I. A large parallelogram-shaped platform measuring 455m on the west side and 290m on the south side was constructed on the natural bedrock of the western slope of Kūh-e Rahmat (meaning "Mountain of Mercy"), partly with cut stone, and on top of which were built the audience hall (apada), the palace of Darius, the palace of Xerxes, the central hall, the hall of a hundred columns, the harem, the treasury, etc. Many craftsmen and laborers were mobilized from all over the empire, including Ionia, Lydia, Syria, Egypt, Assyria, Babylonia, Bactria, and Sogdia. …

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Japanese:

…ダレイオス1世,クセルクセス1世の2代にわたって造営された。クーヘ・ラフマトKūh‐e Rahmat(〈慈悲の山〉の意)西斜面の自然の岩盤に,一部,切石積みを施して,西側面455m,南側面290mのほぼ平行四辺形をなした大基壇が造成され,その上に謁見殿(アパダーナ),ダレイオス宮殿,クセルクセス宮殿,中央殿,百柱殿,後宮(ハレム),宝蔵などが建てられた。この建設工事にはイオニア,リュディア,シリア,エジプト,アッシリア,バビロニアのほか,バクトリア,ソグドなど,帝国各地から多くの工人,労働者が動員された。…

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