Achaemenian
[ ak-uh-mee-nee-uhn ]
adjective
of or relating to the Achaemenids or their language, as recorded in cuneiform inscriptions.
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How to use Achaemenian in a sentence
Now only the older Pg 87Persian inscriptions of the Achaemenian kings awaited interpretation.
Mesopotamian Archaeology | Percy S. P. HandcockAnzan had been first occupied, it would appear, by his great-grandfather Teispes the Achaemenian.
A Primer of Assyriology | Archibald Henry SayceThe Achaemenian sovereign did not hesitate to forestall the attack, and promptly assumed the offensive.
The Oxus, in the time of the Achaemenian kings, fell into the Caspian by a channel which can even now be traced.
One gem, ascribed on somewhat doubtful grounds to the Persians of Achaemenian times, contains what appears to be a portrait.
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