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Kharg Island Achaemenid Inscription
Background
The achaemenid inscription in the Kharg Island is an important inscription from the Achaemenid Empire that was discovered in 2007 while constructing a road. It is located on Kharg Island. This inscription is written in Old Persian language with Old Persian cuneiform alphabet. The height and the width of this inscription is around 1 meter. The inscription was etched some 2400 years ago.[1][2] The inscription contains 5 lines and 6 Old Persian words, 5 of them unknown at the time it was discovered. It reads as"[This] land was wilderness and without water [and] I brought happiness and welfare to it."