The van inscription of King Xerxes I, written on a cliff 70 feet high in three languages (old Persian/Elamite and Babylonian).
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  • 26 points FriendlyRussian666

    From wiki as OP didn't include the translation...

    "A great god is Ahuramazda, the greatest of the gods, who created this earth, who created yonder sky, who created man, created happiness for man, who made Xerxes king, one king of many, one lord of many. I (am) Xerxes, the great king, king of kings, king of all kinds of people, king on this earth far and wide, the son of Darius the king, the Achaemenid. Xerxes the great king proclaims: King Darius, my father, by the favor of Ahuramazda, made much that is good, and this niche he ordered to be cut; as he did not have an inscription written, then I ordered that this inscription be written. He may Ahuramazda protect, together with the gods, and my kingdom and what I have done."

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    10 points Aeroshush

    Sounds like Trump's ramblings.

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    3 points Schnitzelklopfer247

    Lol. True, it doesn't say anything besides "I have the Longest Schlong on Earth"

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    1 points seanrm92

    "Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

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    2 points Zenitallin

    Basically it says "I kept my word, I kept my promise".

    I was tasked with finishing this BS and here you go, I delivered.

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    its like r/madlads material IF the translation is correct.

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  • 5 points MilkShakeBroughtMe

    Not too modest, is he?

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  • 4 points pictou

    Inspiration for Ozymandias?

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  • 2 points kishenoy

    I was thinking maybe he was going to complain about Ea-nāṣir

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    2 points NecessaryZucchini69

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  • 1 points MetaphoricalEnvelope

    TIL that King Xerxes had a van.

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