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  1. . 𐏓 𐎰 𐎣 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐏃 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎰 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎼 𐎧 𐎶 𐏓 [𐏃 𐎹 𐏓 𐎴 𐎲] 𐎢 𐎤 𐎭 𐎼 𐎨 𐎼 [𐏓 𐎯 𐎢 𐎽 𐎢 𐎧](𐎫) 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠
  1. . 𐎥 𐎢 𐎲 𐎫 [𐎠] 𐏓 𐎢 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎶 𐎼 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎫 𐎹 𐎡 𐏁 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎳 [𐎼 𐎫 𐎶 𐎠] 𐏓 𐎠 𐎵 𐎢 𐏁 𐎡 𐎹 𐎠 [𐏓 𐎠 𐏃 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎥 𐎼 𐎲]
  1. . [𐎠 𐎹 𐏓 𐎴 𐎡 𐎹 𐏁] 𐎫 𐎠 𐎹 𐎶 𐏓 𐏃 [𐎢 𐎺] 𐏓 𐎠 [𐎼] 𐎧 𐏓 [𐎢] 𐎫 𐎠 [𐏓 𐎶 𐎼 𐎫] 𐎡 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎫 𐎹 𐎡 𐏁 [𐎡] 𐎹 [𐏓 𐎳] 𐎼 𐎫 [𐎶] 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎵
  1. . 𐎢 𐏁 𐎡 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐏃 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎲 𐎠 𐎲 𐎡 𐎼 [𐎢] 𐎺 𐏓 [𐎢] 𐏀 <𐎶 >𐎹 𐎠 𐎱 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎣 𐎼 𐎡 𐎹 𐎫 𐎠

1 There is room for these signs upon the rock. ~ After the sign "yy~ there is a gap of about six signs; then follow slight traces of the characters <p( (or ^ S() "|f TTT ( or ^<") 7T t-t S; l > then follows a g a P of eleven or twelve signs at the end of the line.

  • Traces of three signs are visible at the beginning of the line, reading "JTJ y^y yy|; then comes a gap of about three signs followed by slight traces of the signs >X ^TTT TTT ^.'"'A-'/^W^i.^ > l h ere is tnen room at the end of the gap for the words hauv Arakha u]ta as conjecturally restored in the text. I

second day of the month [Markazanash] that Arakha who called himself Nebuchadnezzar, and the men who [were his chief followers, they seized and fettered. Then I made a decree (saying): " Let that Arakha] and the men who were his chief followers be crucified in Babylon!"

89. ucabis [thakajta aha avatha avam A[rakham hya Nabukujdracara a- 90. gauba[ta ut]a martiya tya i[] 91. [ hauv Arakha u]ta [martjiyd t[yaisaiy f]rata[m]a a[n]- 92. [u]si[y]a aha(n)ta Babira[u]v [uzmayjapatiy asariyata