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Col. I.

25. 𐎶 [𐎡 𐎹 𐏓] 𐎡 𐎶^[1] 𐏓 𐎧 𐏁 𐏂 𐎶 𐏓 𐎳 𐎼 𐎠 𐎲 𐎼 𐏓 𐎠 𐎢 𐎼 𐎶 𐏀 𐎭 𐎠 𐎶 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎢 𐎱 𐎿 𐎫 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎲 𐎼 𐏓 𐎹 𐎠 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎡 𐎶 𐏓 𐎧 𐏁 𐏂 𐎶 𐏓

26. 𐏃 [𐎶] 𐎭 𐎠 𐎼 𐎹 𐎡 [𐎹]^[2] 𐏓 𐎺 𐏁 𐎴 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎢 𐎼 𐎶 𐏀 𐎭 𐎠 𐏃 𐏓 𐎡 𐎶 𐏓 𐎧 𐏁 𐏂 𐎶 𐏓 𐎭 𐎠 𐎼 𐎹 𐎠 𐎷 𐎡 𐎹 § X. 𐏓 𐎰 𐎠

27. 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎭 𐎠 𐎼 𐎹 𐎺 𐎢 𐏁 𐏓 𐎧 𐏁 𐎠 𐎹 𐎰 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎡 𐎶 𐏓 𐎫 𐎹 𐏓 𐎶 𐎴 𐎠 𐏓 𐎣 𐎼 𐎫 𐎶 𐏓 𐎱 𐎿 𐎠 𐎺 𐏓 𐎹 𐎰 𐎠 𐏓 𐎧 𐏁

28. 𐎠 𐎹 𐎰 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎲 𐎺 𐎶 𐏓 𐎣 𐎲 𐎢 𐎪 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎴 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎤 𐎢 𐎼 𐎢 𐏁 𐏓 𐎱 𐎢 𐏂 𐏓 𐎠 𐎶 𐎠 𐎧 𐎶 𐏓 𐎫 𐎢 𐎶 𐎠 𐎹

29. 𐎠 𐏓 𐏃 [𐎢 𐎺] 𐏓 (𐎱 𐎽) 𐎢 𐎺 𐎶 𐏓 𐎡 𐎭 𐎠 𐏓 𐎧 𐏁 𐎠 𐎹 𐎰 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐏃 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎣 𐎲 𐎢 𐎪 𐎡 𐎹 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎲 𐎼 𐎠

1 2 s The reading taumaya hauvam is certain.

this empire; by the grace of Auramazda do I hold this empire.

§ X. (Thus) saith Darius, the king: This is what was done by me after I became king. He who was named Cambyses, the son of Cyrus, one of our race, was king here before me. That Cambyses had a brother, Smerdis by name, of the

25. m[aiy] ima kbsatram frahara Auramnzdamaiy upastam abara yala ima khsatmm 26. ha[ma]d;rayai[y] vasna Auramazdaha ima klisatram darayamiy X. tha27. tiy Darayavaus khsayathiya ima tya mana kartam pa-ava yatha khs 28. ayathiya abavam Ka(m)bujiya nama Kuraus putra amakham taumay- 29. a hauvam ida khsayathiya aha avahya Ka(m)bujiyahya bra

1. The reading Auramazdam[aiy] ima, in place of Auramazda manâ, is certain.
2. For the Middle Voice form ha[ma]dârayai[y] cf. hamatakhšaiy, Col. I. ll. 68, 70. The traces of the first three characters of the word are ; they are quite clear upon the rock.