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TheAchaemenid inscription in the Kharg Island is an important inscription from theAchaemenid Empire that was discovered in 2007 while constructing a road. It is located onKharg Island,Iran. This inscription is written inOld Persian language withOld Persian cuneiform alphabet. The height and the width of this inscription is around one meter. The inscription was etched around 400 BC.[1][2][unreliable source?] The inscription contains five lines and six Old Persian words, five of which were unknown at the time it was discovered. The inscription reads as “The not irrigated land was happy [with] my bringing out [of water]”.[3] The linguistHabib Borjian explains that if the inscription is authentic, combined with the island's known history ofkariz usage, "which came about under the Achaemenid rule in theNear East (550–330 BCE)", it can be suggested that there was aPersian colonisation of Kharg under the Achaemenids.[3] The Iranian dialect of the Persian settlers of the Achaemenid period may have in turn been the ancestor of theKhargi language, with Borjian adding that "there is no contradicting evidence to make this hypothesis implausible".[3] In 2008, the inscription was severely vandalized and now 70 percent of the text is destroyed and only one line of inscription survived. Kharg island is an important island belonging to Iran and a license is needed for travel to the island. TheCultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran said that "This inscription is an evidence to thename of Persian Gulf".[2][unreliable source?]
