Egyptian
Etymology
From Old Persian 𐎻𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱 (vi-š-t-a-s-p /Vištāspaʰ/).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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- a male given name from Old Persian, of historical usage, notably borne by the Achaemenid satrap Hystaspes
- c. 522–486 BCE, Tell el-Maskhuta stela of Darius I (Cairo JE 48855), lines 4–5:[1]
- jnṯrwjwꜣšꜣ ꜥnḫ ḏt pꜣ ꜥꜣ pꜣ wr n(j) nꜣ wrw pꜣ [… wꜣy]šꜣtjsꜣpy jꜣḫmjnš
- Darius, alive forever, the great one, the king of kings, the [… son of Hy]staspes the Achaemenid
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wꜣyšꜣtjsꜣpy
References
- ^ Posener, Georges (1936) La première domination perse en Egypte: recueil d'inscriptions hiéroglyphiques, pp. 55, 59