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Col. I.

1. . 𐎫 𐎹 𐎶 𐏓 𐎴 𐎮 𐎡 𐎫 𐎲 𐎡 𐎼 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎭 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎩 𐎴 𐎶 𐏓 𐎺 𐎿 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐏂 [𐎡] 𐎹 𐎠 𐎮 𐎡 𐎹 [𐏃 𐎹 𐏓] 𐎶 𐎠 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐏔 𐏒 𐏒 𐏒 𐏓 𐎼 𐎢

1. . 𐎨 𐎲 𐎡 𐏁 𐏓 𐎰 𐎣 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐏃 𐏓 𐎠 [𐎺] 𐎰 𐎠 𐏓 𐏃 𐎶 𐎼 𐎴 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎤 𐎢 𐎶 (𐎠) !! 𐏓 𐎰 𐎠 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎭 𐎠 𐎼 𐎹 𐎺 𐎢 𐏁 𐏓 𐎧

1. . 𐏁 𐎠 𐎹 𐎰 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎱 𐎿 𐎠 𐎺 𐏓 𐎠 [𐎭] 𐎶 𐏓 𐎲 𐎠 𐎲 𐎡 𐎽 𐎢 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐏁 𐎡 𐎹 𐎺 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎰 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎲 𐎠 𐎲 𐎡 𐎽 𐎢 [𐎶 𐏓 𐎹 𐎰 𐎠 𐏓 𐎴 𐎡](𐎹 𐏓 𐎢) 𐎱

1. . 𐎠 𐎹 𐎶 𐏓 𐏀 𐎠 𐏀 𐎠 𐎴 𐏓 𐎴 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎺 𐎼 𐎭 𐎴 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎵 𐎢 𐎺 𐏓 𐎢 𐎳 𐎼 𐎠 𐎬 𐎢 𐎺 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎭 𐎠 [𐏓 𐏃 𐎢 𐎺 𐏓 𐎴] 𐎮 𐎡 𐎫

1 The reading of the sign T^f ' s certain. ! The traces of the last character in the line read ?yf . 3 Thus and not tTfT

the Tigris. Then did I utterly overthrow that host of Nidintu-Bêl. On the twenty-sixth day of the month Âtriyâdiya we joined battle.

§ XIX. (Thus) saith Darius, the king: Then did I march against Babylon; (but) before I reached Babylon, that Nidintu-Bêl, who was called Nebuchadnezzar, came with a host and offered battle at the city named Zâzâna, on the Euphrates.

89. tyam Naditabirahya adam ajanam vasiy Atr[i]yadiya[hya] mahya xxvi rau- 90. cabis thakata aha a[vath]a liamaranam akum[a] XIX. thatiy Darayavaus kh- 91. Sayathiya pasava a[d]am Babirum asiyavam athiy Babiru[m yatha naiy up]-

92. ayam Zazana nama vardanam anuv Ufratuva avada [hauv Najdita-

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