Machine-assisted translation. The original Russian publication is linked below.
Preceptor Alsana, preceptorium of the Fatum school "Golden Elixir" - Grand Guild of Wizards, Relic Hunter
So we continue to look for fairly simple artifacts as examples for novice magicians and Wizards to work with.
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Today we will look at a gold plate, which has a very interesting history. The size of the artifact is 33x33 cm, thickness - 1.6 cm. Yes, sometimes artifacts are not jewelry or weapons at all, but completely unusual things, which are also quite unusually preserved to this day.
Now, before you start getting acquainted with the history of the artifact, tune in to the first photo of the plate and try to diagnose it. What frequency, element, spell, inclusions? Did you do it?
When I was scrolling through the feed and came across a photo, I started to have a resonance in Manipur and a slowdown, here we can already talk about the channel, I didn’t know its history yet, but there was already a tight connection along the upper connection, it was pulling somewhere very high.
The artifact is associated with status and power, and is included in a high-frequency channel, which, of course, needs to be studied separately.
And now you can get acquainted with the history of the tablet.
Hidden in the foundations of the Apadana at Persepolis, inside a stone box, was a gold plate containing a cuneiform message from Darius I, ruler of the Achaemenid Empire (522–486 BC). This artifact was not intended for public awareness: it was deliberately walled up when the building was founded.
The apadana was the central ceremonial hall for royal audiences. The construction of this large-scale structure on 72 columns was initiated by Darius, and its successor Xerxes completed it. Here the “king of kings” received representatives of the subject lands. The subjects of the reliefs on the flights of stairs depict processions of twenty-three peoples carrying weapons, gifts of metals and fabrics, as well as livestock.
During archaeological work in 1933, two stone caskets were found under the supports of the palace. Each of them contained a pair of tablets - gold and silver. All four items contained identical text. The photographic archives of the University of Chicago have preserved images of the caches themselves and this trilingual gold plate.
The text opens with a strict list of regalia: “great king, king of kings, king of countries, son of Hystaspes, from the Achaemenid family.” Next, the monarch outlines the scale of his possessions: from the nomadic Sakas beyond Sogdiana to the country of Kush and from the Indus Valley to Lydia. Geographically, this space extends from Central Asia and India to northeastern Africa and western Asia Minor.
Such a description lacks cartographic accuracy. The ruler ignores divisions into satrapies and natural boundaries such as mountain ranges or rivers. He lists the most remote regions of the world known to him to demonstrate the comprehensiveness of his power.
The ending of the document reveals the sacred nature of power. Darius declares that the supreme deity Ahura Mazda, “the greatest of the gods,” entrusted him with the kingdom, and prays for protection for himself and his family. In all official inscriptions of the Achaemenid era, secular order is inextricably linked with heavenly approval: the legitimacy of the monarch derives solely from the will of Ahura Mazda.
Ahura Mazda is the supreme deity in Zoroastrianism, one of the most ancient concepts of monotheistic thought. His name is translated from the Avestan language as “Lord the Wise.”
Ahura Mazda personifies absolute goodness, light, life, creation and wisdom.
The use of three languages was also a deeply political gesture. The Old Persian version emphasized the status of the ruling dynasty, the Elamite version relied on centuries-old administrative practices of southwestern Iran, and the Akkadian version linked the document to the written tradition of Mesopotamia. The rulers of Persepolis addressed different cultural codes of a single empire at the same time.
The choice of precious metals was determined not only by their cost. The gold table, laid at the base of the palace complex, was supposed to physically outlive the building itself and forever preserve the name of the creator. Its concealment was part of a special building ritual that united architecture, state boundaries, dynastic succession and protection from above.
Construction of the giant terrace began around 518 BC. e. Apadana became the material embodiment of the same concept as the mortgage plates: dozens of different ethnic groups subordinate to a single royal house, overshadowed by the blessing of Ahura Mazda.
A copied artifact onto a new medium can provide attunement to the mental profile of Darius the Great, the ability to maintain power and inclusion in the territory of Asia. You can say this is the Golden Seal of the ruler, the lord of the territory. There is also a channel to Ahura Mazda, but this deity needs to be worked on separately to understand how useful such inclusion will be before copying. This artifact will be of interest to those who want to improve their status in society or who already hold a leadership position, but lack the appropriate qualities.
Photo.
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Gold mortgage plate of Darius I from Apadana, Persepolis. Around 515 BC e. Material: gold; writing: trilingual cuneiform (Old Persian, Elamite, Akkadian).
One of four examples recovered from two stone foundations in 1933. Contents of the text: the geographical limits of the empire and a plea to Ahura Mazda for the protection of the royal family.
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Bas-relief of Darius the Great on the Behistun inscription
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The Achaemenid Empire (or First Persian Empire) was an ancient state in Asia that existed from 550 to 330 BC, founded by Cyrus II the Great and conquered by Alexander the Great. It extended from Egypt to India and was divided into provinces - satrapies.
Heyday: under King Darius I, who divided the state into 20 satrapies (regions).
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Tables from excavations in 1933.