Old Persian

the oldest form of Persian, preserved in stone inscriptions dating from the 7th to the 4th cent.

See Old Persian in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
An Old Iranian language attested in cuneiform inscriptions dating from the sixth to the fifth century B.C.
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