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THE PERSIAN TEXT

Col. I.

  1. . 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎢 𐎱 𐎿 𐎫 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎲 𐎼 𐏓 𐎺 𐏁 𐎴 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎢 𐎼 𐎶 𐏀 𐎭 𐎠 𐏃 𐏓 𐎣 𐎠 𐎼 𐏓 𐏃 𐎹 𐏓 𐎶 𐎴 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎶 𐏓 𐎣 𐎠 𐎼 𐎶 𐏓 𐎫
  1. . 𐎹 𐎶 𐏓 𐏃 𐎷 𐎡 𐏂 𐎡 𐎹 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎩 𐏓 𐎺 𐎿 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎻 𐎡 𐎹 𐎧 𐎴 𐏃 𐎹 𐏓 𐎶 𐎠 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐏒 𐏒 𐏒 𐏑 𐏓 𐎼 𐎢 𐎨 𐎲 𐎡 𐏁 𐏓 𐎰 𐎣 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓
  1. . 𐎠 𐏃 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎰 𐎠 𐏁 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐏃 𐎶 𐎼 𐎴 𐎶 𐏓 𐎣 𐎼 𐎫 𐎶 !! 𐏓 𐎰 𐎠 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎭 𐎠 𐎼 𐎹 𐎺 𐎢 𐏁 𐏓 𐎧 𐏁 𐎠 𐎹 𐎰 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓
  1. . 𐎱 𐎿 𐎠 𐎺 𐏓 𐏃 𐎢 𐎺 𐏓 𐎶 𐎼 𐎫 [𐎡](𐎹) 𐏓 𐏃 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎣 𐎠 𐎼 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎶 𐎰 [𐎡 𐏁 𐎫 𐏓 𐎠] 𐏃 𐏓 𐎫 𐎹 𐎶 𐏓 𐎺
  1. . 𐏃 𐎹 𐏀 𐎭 𐎠 𐎫 𐏓 𐎳 𐎼 𐎠 𐎡 𐏁 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎲 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎻 𐎡 𐎺 𐎠 𐎴 𐎶 𐏓 𐏃 𐎢 𐎺 𐏓 𐎠 𐎸 [𐎢 𐎰 𐏓 𐏃] 𐎭 𐎠 𐏓 𐎣 𐎶 𐎴 𐎡 𐎲

1 The engraver has written ^T ' n pl ace of tT by mistake. 1 Traces of the sign ^|| are visible. 3 The reading of amutha in place of mathista is certain.

Auramazda brought me help. By the grace of Auramazda my army utterly overthrew that rebel host. On the seventh day of the month Viyakhna the battle was fought by them. XLVII. (Thus) saith Darius, the king: The man who was commander of that army which Vahyazdata had sent forth against Vivana fled thence with a few horsemen. To a

67. iy upastam abara vasna Auramazdaha kara hya mana avam karam t- 68. yam hamitriyam aja vasiy Viya[kh]nahya mahya vn raucabis thakata 69. aha avathasam hamaranam kartam XLVIL thatiy Darayavaus khsayathiya 70. pasava hauv mart[iya] hya avahya karahya math[ista a]ha tyam Va- 71. hyazdata fraisaya abiy Vivanam hauv am[utha ha]da kamnaib