Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Bisotun' has mentioned 'Cliff' in the following places:
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The Behistun Inscription (also Bisotun, Bistun or Bisutun; Persian: xd8xa8xdbx8cxd8xb3xd8xaaxd9x88xd9x86xe2x80x8e, Old Persian: Bagastana, meaning "the place of god") is a multilingual 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 (r.xc2xa0522xe2x80x93486xc2xa0BC). | WIKI |
The inscription is approximately 15xc2xa0m (49xc2xa0ft) high by 25xc2xa0m (82xc2xa0ft) wide and 100xc2xa0m (330xc2xa0ft) up a limestone cliff from an ancient road connecting the capitals of Babylonia and Media (Babylon and Ecbatana, respectively). | WIKI |
Tacitus also mentions it and includes a description of some of the long-lost ancillary monuments at the base of the cliff, including an altar to "Herakles". | WIKI |
Despite its relative inaccessibility, Rawlinson was able to scale the cliff with the help of a local boy and copy the Old Persian inscription. | WIKI |
He found an enterprising local boy to climb up a crack in the cliff and suspend ropes across the Babylonian writing, so that papier-mxc3xa2chxc3xa9 casts of the inscriptions could be taken. | WIKI |
xc2xa0On the sacred mountain of Bisotun in western Iranxe2x80x99s Kermanshah province is a remarkable multilingual inscription carved on a limestone cliff about 60xc2xa0m above the plain. | UNESCO |