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  1. . 𐎠 𐎺 𐎰 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎭 𐎶 𐏓 𐏃 𐎶 𐎫 𐎧 𐏁 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎺 𐏁 𐎴 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎢 𐎼 𐎶 𐏀 𐎭 𐎠 𐏃 𐏓 𐎹 𐎰 𐎠 𐏓 𐎥 𐎢 𐎶 𐎠 𐎫 𐏓 𐏃 𐎹 𐏓 𐎶 𐎦 𐎢
  1. . 𐏁 𐏓 𐎻 𐎰 𐎶 𐏓 𐎫 𐎹 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎶 𐎠 𐎧 𐎶 𐏓 𐎴 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎱 𐎼 𐎠 𐎲 𐎼 !! 𐏓 𐎰 𐎠 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎭 𐎠 𐎼 𐎹 𐎺 𐎢 𐏁 𐏓 𐎧 𐏁 𐎠 𐎹 𐎰
  1. . 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎡 𐎶 𐏓 𐎫 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎭 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎤 𐎢 𐎴 𐎺 𐎶 𐏓 𐎱 𐎿 𐎠 𐎺 𐏓 𐎹 𐎰 𐎠 𐏓 𐎧 𐏁 𐎠 𐎹 𐎰 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎲 𐎺 𐎶 !! 𐏓 𐎰 𐎠 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹
  1. . 𐏓 𐎭 𐎠 𐎼 𐎹 𐎺 𐎢 𐏁 𐏓 𐎧 𐏁 𐎠 𐎹 𐎰 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎹 𐎰 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎭 𐎶 𐏓 𐎥 𐎢 𐎶 𐎠 𐎫 𐎶 𐏓 𐎫 𐎹 𐎶 𐏓 𐎶 𐎦 𐎢 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎠 𐎩 𐎴 𐎶 𐏓 𐎱
  1. . 𐎿 𐎠 𐎺 𐏓 𐏑 𐎶 𐎼 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐏂 𐎡 𐎴 𐏓 𐎴 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎢 𐎱 𐎭 𐎼 𐎶 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎱 𐎢 𐏂 𐏓 𐏃 𐎢 𐎺 𐏓 𐎢 𐎭 𐎱 𐎫 [𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎢 𐎺 𐎩 𐎡]

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old; I laboured, by the grace of Auramazda, so that Gaumâta, the Magian, did not dispossess our house.

§ XV. (Thus) saith Darius, the king: This is what I did after I became king.

XVI. (Thus) saith Darius, the king: After that I had slain Gaumâta, the Magian, a certain man named Âtrina, the son of Upadaranma, raised a rebellion in Susiana, (and) he spake

70. avatha adam hamatakhsaiy vasna Auramazdaha yatha Gaumata hya Magu- 71. 5 v(i)tham tyam amakham naiy parabara XV. thatiy Darayavaus khsayatli- 72. iya ima tya adam akunavam pasava yatha khsayathiya abavam XVI. thatiy 73. Darayavaus khsayathiya yatha adam Gaumatam tyam Magum avajanam pa- 74. sava I martiya Atrina nama Upadara(n)mahya putra hauv udapata[ta Uvajai]-