Bisotun inscription
The Behistun inscription is a multilingual Achaemenid royal inscription and large rock relief on a cliff at Mount Behistun in the Kermanshah Province of Iran, near the city of Kermanshah in western Iran, established by Darius the Great.
- Tourist attraction
- Description: inscription in Bisotun, Iranian national heritage site and World heritage site
- Also known as“Bagastana”“Behistun inscription”“Bisitun inscription”“Bisotun Inscriptions”“Bistun”“The Behistun Inscription”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bisotun and Chambatan-e Sofla.
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Bisotun inscription
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Latitude
34.39046° or 34° 23′ 26″ north
Longitude
47.43596° or 47° 26′ 9″ east
Open location code
8H699CRP+59
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = attraction
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Bisotun inscription” goes by many names.
Behistoen-inskripsieAfrikaans
بيستونArabic
نقش بيستونArabic
Բեհիսթունի արձանագրությունArmenian
Բիսթունի արձանագրությունArmenian
Բիսոթունի արձանագրությունArmenian
Bisütun kitabəsiAzerbaijani
Behistungo inskripzioaBasque
Бехістунскі надпісBelarusian
বেহিস্তুন শিলালিপিBengali
Бехистунски надписBulgarian
Inscripció de BehistunCatalan
Inscripció de BishutunCatalan
Inscripció de BisutunCatalan
وێنەبەردینەی بێستوونCentral Kurdish
比索顿古迹Chinese
毕苏吞大铭刻Chinese
貝希斯敦銘文Chinese
貝希斯頓銘文Chinese
贝希斯吞铭文Chinese
贝希斯敦铭文Chinese
BehistunCroatian
Behistunski natpisiCroatian
Behistunski zapisiCroatian
BisotunCroatian
Behistunský nápisCzech
Behistūn-indskrifterDanish
Bisutun-inskriptionerneDanish
Kıtabey BisutuniDimli (individual language)
Kıtabeyê BisutuniDimli (individual language)
Behistun inscriptieDutch
BisotunDutch
Inscriptie van BehistunDutch
Behistun-surskriboEsperanto
Behistuni raidkiriEstonian
BehistunFinnish
BisotunFinnish
Inscrición de BehistúnGalician
ბეხისტუნის წარწერებიGeorgian
ბეჰისთუნის წარწერაGeorgian
Επιγραφή του ΜπεχιστάνGreek
כתובת ביסותוןHebrew
बिसितुनHindi
Behisztuni feliratHungarian
Inskripsi BehistunIndonesian
Prasasti BehistunIndonesian
Iscrizione di BehistunItalian
Iscrizioni di BisitunItalian
Iscrizioni di BisotunItalian
Iscrizioni di BisutunItalian
ビーストゥーンJapanese
ベヒストゥーン碑文Japanese
ベヒストゥン碑文Japanese
Bexïstwn sına jazwıKazakh
Бехистун сына жазуыKazakh
بەحىيستۋن سىنا جازۋىKazakh
Бехистун аскасыKirghiz
베히스툰 비문Korean
베히스툰 비석Korean
Nivîskên BêstûnêKurdish
Wergera nivîskên BêstûnêKurdish
Inscriptio BehistuniaLatin
Behistunas gravējumsLatvian
Behistunas uzrakstsLatvian
Behistuno inskirpcijaLithuanian
Behistuno įrašaiLithuanian
Behistūno įrašasLithuanian
बेहिस्तुन शिलालेखMaithili
Inskripsi BehistunMalay
Behistun InscriptionMalayalam
ബെഹിസ്തൂൻ ലിഖിതംMalayalam
ബെഹിസ്തൂൻ സ്മാരകംMalayalam
Tinqix ta‘ BehistunMaltese
Tinqix ta‘ BisotunMaltese
بیستون کتیفهMazanderani
Бехистуны бичээсMongolian
बेहिस्तुन शिलालेखNepali
BehistuninnskrifteneNorwegian
BehistuninnskrifteneNorwegian Bokmål
Inscripcion de BehistunOccitan (post 1500)
سنگ‌نبشتهٔ بیستونPersian
سنگ‌نوشتهٔ بیستونPersian
کتیبهٔ بیستونPersian
کتیبهٔ داریوشPersian
کتیبه‌های بیستونPersian
نقش تاریخی بیستونPersian
Inskrypcja z BehistunPolish
Napis z BehistunPolish
بيستون ډبرليکPushto
بيستون کتيبهPushto
Inscripția de la BehistunRomanian
БегистунRussian
БехистунRussian
Бехистунская надписьRussian
БисотунRussian
Бисутунская надписьRussian
Behistunski natpisiSerbian
Бехистунски натписиSerbian
Behistunski natpisiSerbo-Croatian
Behistunský nápisSlovak
Bísutúnsky nápisSlovak
Behistunski napisSlovenian
BehistanSwedish
BehistunSwedish
Behistun-inskriftenSwedish
Behistun-inskriptionenSwedish
BisitunSwedish
BisituninskriftenSwedish
BisotunSwedish
BisotuninskriftenSwedish
BisutunSwedish
BisutuninskriftenSwedish
Inskripsiyong BehistunTagalog
Катибаи БесутунTajik
பெஹிஸ்ட்டன் கல்வெட்டுTamil
จารึกเบฮิสตูนThai
Behistun YazıtıTurkish
Yezdânizm’in Ghulat-i Şîʿa ve Kürt Alevîliği ile etkileşimiTurkish
بېھىستون قىياتاش پۈتۈكلىرىUighur
Бегістунський написUkrainian
Бехістунський написUkrainian
Behistun kitobalariUzbek
Besutun katibalariUzbek
Bihistun kitobalariUzbek
Chữ khắc BehistunVietnamese
贝希斯敦铭文Wu Chinese
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