Col. I.
- . 𐎠 𐎹 [𐎠] 𐏓 𐎢 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎨 𐎼 𐎶 𐎠 𐏓 𐎥 𐎼 [𐎳 𐎫 𐎶] 𐏓 (𐎠 𐏃) 𐏓 [𐎱 𐎫] 𐎡 𐏁 𐎶 [𐎨] 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 [𐎴 𐎠 𐎶 𐎴 𐎠] 𐎳 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎤 𐎢 𐎴 𐎺 𐎶 𐏓 𐎱 [𐎫] 𐎡 𐏁 [𐎶 𐏓 𐎢] 𐎺 𐎠 𐎭 𐎠
- . [𐎫 𐎶] 𐏓 [𐎠 𐎤 𐎢 𐎴] 𐎺 [𐎶] 𐏓 𐎢 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎴 𐎡 𐎹 𐎱 𐎡 [𐎰] 𐎡 [𐎹 𐏓 𐎢] 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎱 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐎳 𐎼 𐎰 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎱 𐎡 𐏁 𐎡 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎶 𐎠 [𐎶] 𐏓 𐎱 𐎿 𐎠 [𐎺] 𐏓 𐎡 𐎶 𐏓 𐎮
- . 𐎡 𐎱 𐎡 (𐎨 𐎡 𐏂) 𐎶 𐏓 𐎳 [𐎼] 𐎠 𐎿 𐎫 𐎠 𐎹 𐎶 𐏓 𐎻 𐎡 [𐎿] 𐎱 𐎭 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎫 𐎼 𐏓 𐎭 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 [𐎺] 𐏓 𐎣 𐎠 𐎼 𐏓 𐏃 𐎶 𐎠 [𐎫] 𐎧 𐏁 𐎫 𐎠
COLUMN V
- . 𐏓 𐎰 𐎠 𐎫 [𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎭] 𐎠 𐎼 𐎹 𐎺 𐎢 𐏁 [𐏓] 𐎧 𐏁 𐎠 𐎹 𐎰 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓
1 Traces of this character are visible. 2 The traces of this character appear to be those of yyy. 8 It is probable that iya is a parallel form to yarn, the nom fern. sing, of the demonstrative pronoun. This would be certain if the reading of the division wedge before *yy" were clear upon the rock.
- The traces of the sign are those of ""fyf or tflf5 Only one character is wanting; the traces suggest 2i=. One character is wanting. 7 There are traces here of six or seven characters. j There is space on the rock for four characters at the end of the line; but probably nothing is wanting.
have I written. This inscription [] and [] me hereafter [] the inscription [] in the provinces [] us altogether. COLUMN V. LXXI. (Thus) saith Darius, the king: This is what I did [ . . .] and [ . . .] manner, [after I became] king. The province
90. [a]ya[m] [ . . . .]akhar[ niyapjisam iya dipi[ . .]nam athahavaja [ . . .]is[ . . y]ada 91. []m uta [ ....]i[ ..]i[ ...]a[ . .]taiy [ . . . .]ya [ . .]i[. .]iya ma[ni] pasava ima d- 92. ipi[ . . .]ima [ . . Javata] a(n)tar dah>a[va . .]ara hama amakhamata COL. V., 1. LXXI that[iy D]arayava[us khjsayathiya
