Col. I.
- . 𐎼 𐎠 𐎡 𐏁 𐎹 𐎶 𐏓 𐎴 𐎡 𐎱 𐎮 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎳 𐎼 𐎺 𐎼 𐎫 𐎡 𐏁 𐏓 𐎠 𐎥 𐎼 𐎲 𐎡 (𐎹) 𐏓 𐎠 𐎴 𐎹 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎲 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎶 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎭
- . 𐎶 𐏁 𐎡 (𐎹) [𐏓] 𐎢 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎴 𐎠 𐏃 𐎶 𐏓 𐎢 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎥 𐎢 𐏁 𐎠 𐏓 𐎢 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐏃 𐏀 𐎠 𐎴 𐎶 𐏓 𐎳 𐎼 𐎠 𐎩 𐎴 𐎶 𐏓 𐎢 𐎫 𐎠 𐏁
- . 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 [𐏑 𐎨 𐏁] 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎩 𐎶 𐏓 𐎯 𐎢 𐎺 𐎼 𐎹 𐎠 𐎶 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎲 𐎿 𐎫 𐏓 𐎠 𐎭 𐎠 𐎼 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐏃 𐎽 𐎢 𐎺 𐏁 𐎡 𐎶 𐏓 𐎣
1 The reading nipadiy, "on foot" (ff. Col. III., 1. 72), in place of tyaipatiyii certain. 2 The traces of the last sign are not quite clear upon the rock, but are probably those of tfTT- T ne reading agarbayata, which is employed elsewhere in an active sense, is not possible. In agarbitd we have the passive form. 3 The copula utA does not occur here upon the rock. 4 The Old Persian for " tongue " is not izdva (Spiegel), nor hizuva (Weissbach), but harbana, from a rt. srbh, ff. sorbeo, {>orpeia, Lith. srelntl. Of the signs ^| J:f and -^ traces are preserved upon the rock ; the remaining signs are clear. 5 The word is restored from the traces in 1. 89. The sign ^~ is quite clear and yy- is fairly certain. The traces of the first sign appear to be those of ^"fy~ or ^|, of which the former gives ucsa as the word for " eye " in Old Persian ; cf. Sansk. aksa.
Phraortes was taken and brought unto me. I cut off his nose, and his ears, and his tongue, and I put out his eyes, and he was kept in fetters in my court, and all the people
73. raisayam nipadiy Fravartis agarbi[ta] anayata abiy mam ada- 74. msaify] uta naham uta gausa uta harbanam frajanam utasa- 75. iy [ucsa]m avajam duvarayamaiy
basta adariy haruvasim k-
