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Col. I.

1. . 𐎼 𐎷 𐎴 𐎡 𐎹 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎭 𐎠 𐏓 𐏃 𐎶 𐎼 𐎴 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎤 𐎢 𐎴 𐎺 𐏓 𐎠 𐎢 [𐎼 𐎶] 𐏀 𐎭 𐎠 𐎶 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎢 𐎱 𐎿 𐎫 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠

1. . 𐎲 𐎼 𐏓 𐎺 𐏁 𐎴 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎢 𐎼 𐎶 𐏀 𐎭 𐎠 𐏃 𐏓 𐎣 𐎠 𐎼 𐏓 𐏃 𐎹 𐏓 𐎶 𐎴 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 [𐎶 𐏓 𐎣] 𐎠 𐎼 𐎶 𐏓 𐎫 𐎹 𐎶 𐏓 𐏃 𐎷 𐎡 𐏂 𐎡 𐎹 𐎶 𐏓

1. . 𐎠 𐎩 𐏓 𐎺 𐎿 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎰 𐎢 𐎼 𐎺 𐎠 𐏃 𐎼 𐏃 𐎹 𐏓 𐎶 𐎠 𐏃 [𐎹 𐎠 𐏓] 𐏒 𐏒 𐏒 [𐏒 𐏓 𐎼 𐎢 𐎨 𐎲 𐎡] 𐏁 𐏓 𐎰 𐎣 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐏃 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎰

1. . 𐎠 𐏁 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐏃 𐎶 𐎼 𐎴 𐎶 𐏓 𐎣 𐎼 𐎫 𐎶 !! 𐏓 𐎰 𐎠 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎭 𐎠 [𐎼 𐎹] 𐎺 𐎢 [𐏁 𐏓 𐎧 𐏁 𐎠] 𐎹 [𐎰] 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎱 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎯 𐎢 𐎻

1. . 𐎡 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐎶 𐏓 𐏃 𐎷 𐎡 𐏂 𐎡 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐏃 𐎥 𐎶 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎱 𐎼 𐎡 𐎫 [𐎠 𐏓 𐎱] 𐎫 𐎡 𐏁 [𐏓 𐎭 𐎠 𐎭] 𐎼 𐏁 𐎡 𐎶 𐏓 𐏃 𐎶 𐎼 𐎴 𐎶 𐏓 𐎨 𐎼 𐎫

1 The sign is |^ not ""fyj ; see also 11. 39, 44 and 48. Thus the form Armaniya does not occur in Old Persian. A natural break occurs in the rock on each side of the sign ^|. 3 The division-wedge is written at the end of 1. 35.

• The numeral is restored from the Susian version. The wedges ^.l, are visible

OP, the rock.

Auramazda brought me help; by the grace of Auramazda did my army utterly overthrow that rebel host. On the eighth clay of the month Thuravâhara the battle was fought by them.

§ XXVII. (Thus) saith Darius, the king: The rebels assembled for the second time, and they advanced against Dâdarshish to

34. rm(i)niyaiy avada hamaranam akunava Au[rama]zdamaiy u pasta m a- 35. bara vana Auramazdaha kara hya mana ava[m k]aram tyam hamitriyam 36. aja vasiy Thuravaharahya mah[ya] vi[n raucabi]S thakata aha avath- 37. asam hamaranam kartam XXVII. thatiy l)a[raya]vau[s khsa]ya[thjiya patiy duv- 38. itiyam hamitriya hagamata parait[a pajtis [Dadajrsim hamaranam carta-

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