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THE PERSIAN TEXT

Col. I.

  1. . 𐏃 𐎹 𐏓 𐎲 𐎼 𐎮 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎥 [𐎢](𐎲) 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎭 𐎣 𐎡 𐎹 [𐏓] 𐎡 𐎶 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎶 𐎼 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐏃 𐎶 𐎫 𐎧 𐏁 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎵 𐎢 𐏁 𐎡 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎶 𐎴
  1. . 𐎠 𐏓 𐎻 𐎡 𐎭 𐎳 𐎼 𐎴 𐎠 𐏓 𐎴 𐎠 [𐎶] 𐏓 𐎺 (𐏃) 𐎹 𐎿 𐎱 (𐎽 𐎢 𐎺) 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎱 𐎢 𐏂 𐏓 𐎱 𐎠 𐎼 [𐎿] 𐏓 𐎢 𐎫 𐎠 𐎴 𐏓 𐎴 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎰 𐎢 𐎧 𐎼 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠
  1. . 𐏓 𐎱 𐎢 𐏂 𐏓 𐎱 𐎠 𐎼 𐎿 𐏓 𐎥 𐎢 𐎲 𐎽 𐎢 𐎺 𐏓 𐎴 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎶 𐎼 𐎯 𐎢 𐎴 𐎡 𐎹 𐏃 𐎹 [𐎠 𐏓 𐎱 𐎢 𐏂] 𐏓 𐎱 𐎠 𐎼 𐎿 𐏓 𐎻 𐎡 𐎭 𐎼 𐎴 𐏓 𐎴 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎲
  1. . 𐎥 𐎠 𐎲 𐎡 𐎥 𐎴 𐏃 [𐎹] 𐎠 [𐏓] 𐎱 𐎢 𐏂 𐏓 𐎱 𐎠 𐎼 𐎿 𐏓 𐎲 [𐎥 𐎲] 𐎢 𐎧 𐏁 𐏓 𐎴 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎭 𐎠 (𐎫 𐎺) 𐏃 𐎹 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎱 𐎢 𐏂 𐏓 𐎱 𐎠 𐎼 𐎿 𐏓

1 Traces of this character are visible. 1 The name [U]ta[na] has been provisionally restored from the Susian version where it occurs under the form Huttana. It should be noted, however, that the gap on the rock is scarcely large enough for the restoration of the signs t<( ( 5(, suggested in the text. 3 Or possibly "yy~.

called Smerdis; then these men helped me as my followers. Intaphernes, the son of Vayaspara, a Persian; Otanes, the son of Thukhra, a Persian; Gobryas, the son of Mardonius, a Persian; Hydarnes, the son of Bagabigna, a Persian; Megabyzus, the son of Daduhya, a Persian; Ardumanish, the son of Vahauka, a Persian.

82. hya Bardiya aga[uba]ta adakaify] imaiy martiya hamatakhSata anuSiya man83. a Vi(n)dafrana na[ma] Va[ya]sp[ara]hya putra Par[sa U]ta[na n]ama Thukhrah[y]a 84. [putra] Parsa [Gaubarjuva nama Marduniyahya [putra] [P]arsa [Vi]dama nama Ba- 85. g[a]bignah[ya p]utra Parsa B[agab]ukha nama [Dadu]hyahya putra Parsa