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REBELLION IN PARTHIA.
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Col. II.

95. [[1]𐎠 𐏁 𐎡 𐎹 𐎺 𐏓 𐏃 𐎭 𐎠 𐏓 𐎣 𐎠 𐎼] 𐎠 𐏓 𐏃 [𐎹 𐏁 𐎡 𐎹[2] 𐏓] 𐎠 𐎵 𐎢 𐏁 𐎡 [𐎹 𐎠 𐏓] 𐎠 𐏃 𐏓 𐎻 𐎡 𐏁 [𐎱] 𐎢 𐏀 [𐎠] 𐎫 𐎡 𐏁[3] 𐏓 𐎴 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎺 𐎼 𐎭
96. [𐎴 𐎶 𐏓 𐎱 𐎼 𐎰 𐎺 𐎡 𐎹] 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎭 𐎠 𐏓 𐏃 𐎶 𐎼 𐎴 𐎶 𐏓 [𐎠] 𒁹𒌋 𐎢 𐎴 𐎢 [𐏁] 𐏓 𐏃 𐎭 𐎠 𐏓 𐎱 𐎼 𐎰 𐎺 𐎡 𐎲 𐎡 [𐏁 𐏓] 𐎠 [𐎢 𐎼 𐎶 𐏀 𐎭] 𐎠 𐎶 𐎡 𐎹
97. 𐏓 [𐎢 𐎱 𐎿 𐎫 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎲 𐎼 𐏓] 𐎺 𐏁 𐎴 𐎠 [𐏓 𐎠] 𐎢 𐎼 𐎶 [𐏀 𐎭 𐎠 𐏃 𐏓 𐎻 𐏁] 𐎫 𐎠 [𐎿 𐎱] 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎶 𐏓 𐎣 𐎠 𐎼 [𐎶 𐏓 𐎫 𐎹 𐎶 𐏓 𐏃] 𐎷 [𐎡] 𐏂 𐎡 𐎹
98. 𐎶 𐏓 [𐎠 𐎩 𐏓 𐎺 𐎿 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎻] 𐎡 𐎹 𐎧 𐎴 𐏃 𐎹 𐏓 𐎶 [𐎠] 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 [𐏔𐏒 𐏓 𐎼 𐎢 𐎨 𐎲 𐎡 𐏁 𐏓] 𐎰 𐎣 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐏃 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎰 𐎠 𐏁 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐏃 𐎶 𐎼 𐎴 𐎶 𐏓 𐎣 𐎼 𐎫 𐎶

city [in Parthia] named Vish[pa]uz[â]tish he fought a battle with the Parthians. Auramazda [brought me help]; by the grace of Auramazda Hystaspes [utterly defeated] the rebel host. [On the twenty-second day] of the month Viyakhna the battle was fought by them.

95. [ašiyava hadâ kâr]â h[yašaiy] anuši[yâ] âha Viš[pa]uz[â]tiš nâma varda- 96. [nam Parthavaiy] avadâ hamaranam [a]kunau[š] hadâ Parthavai[š] A[uramazd] amaiy 97. [upastâm abara] vašna [A]urama[zdâha V(i)š]tâ[spa] avam kâra[m tyam ha]m[i]triya- 98. m [aja vasiy V]iyakhnahya m[â]hyâ [xxii raucabiš] thakatâ âha avathâšâm hamaranam kartam


  1. Traces of the sign 𐎠 are visible; there is room for the suggested restoration in the gap.
  2. There is room for this restoration, as three or four signs are wanting in the gap.
  3. The name is restored from the Susian version, but the restored signs 𐎱 and 𐎠 are not certain. Between 𐏀 and 𐎫 it is possible that more than one sign is wanting.