Behistun Inscription Recreation resin cast about 12 by 8 inches scale model. The inscription has three versions of the same text, written in three different cuneiform script languages: Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian. The inscription is to cuneiform what the Rosetta Stone is to Egyptian hieroglyphs. Authored by Darius the Great, king of the Persian Empire 522 BC to 486 BC, the inscription begins with a brief autobiography of Darius.