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THE PERSIAN TEXT

Col. I.

  1. . 𐏃 𐎯 𐎢 𐎥 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎴 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎱 𐎥 [𐎢] 𐎭 [𐎹 𐎠] 𐏃 𐎹 𐏓 𐎣 𐎠 𐎼 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎰 𐎠 𐏃 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎢 𐎼 𐎶 𐏀 𐎭 𐎠 𐏓 𐎰 𐎢 𐎺 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓
  1. . 𐎭 𐎢 𐏁 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎲 𐎡 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎢 𐎫 𐎠 [𐎫] 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎫 𐎢 𐎶 𐎠 𐏓 𐎺 𐎿 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎲 𐎡 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎢 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎭 𐎼 𐎥 𐎶 𐏓 𐎪 𐎡 𐎺 𐎠
  1. . 𐏓 𐎰 𐎠 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎭 𐎠 𐎼 𐎹 𐎺 𐎢 𐏁 𐏓 [𐎧 𐏁 𐎠 𐎹] 𐎰 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎹 𐎮 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎡 𐎶 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐏃 𐎯 𐎢 𐎥 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎱 𐎥 𐎢 𐎭 𐎹 𐎠
  1. . 𐏃 𐎹 𐏓 𐎴 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎰 𐎠 𐏃 𐎹 𐏓 [𐎣] 𐎠 𐎼 [𐏃 𐎹] 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎢 𐎼 𐎶 𐏀 𐎭 𐎠 𐎫 <𐎡 >𐎹 𐏓 𐎩 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎲 𐎡 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎢 𐎫 𐎠 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎫 𐎢 𐎶
  1. . 𐎠 𐏓 𐎶 𐎠 𐏓 𐎲 𐎡 𐎹 𐎠 !! 𐏓 𐎰 𐎠 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎭 𐎠 𐎼 𐎹 𐎺 𐎢 𐏁 𐏓 𐎧 𐏁 𐎠 𐎹 𐎰 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎡 𐎶 𐏓 𐎫 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎭 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎤 𐎢 𐎴 𐎺 𐎶 𐏓

not. If thou shalt not conceal this edict (but) shalt publish it to the world, then may Auramazda be thy friend, may thy house be numerous, and mayest thou thyself be longlived. .LXI. (Thus) saith Darius, [the king]: If thou shalt conceal this edict and shalt not publish it to the world, may Auramazda slay thee (and) may thy house cease. LXII. (Thus) saith Darius, the king: This is what I have done;

55. ha(n)dugam naiy [a]pa[gau]da[yah]y karahya thahy Auramazda thuvam 56. dausta biya uta[ta]iy tauma vasiy biya uia dra(n)gam jiva 57. LXI. thatiy Darayavaus [khsaya]thiya yadiy imam ha(n)dugam apagaudaya- 58. hy naiy thahy [k]ar[ahya] Auramazdatay jata biya utataiy taum- 59. a ma biya LXII. thatiy DarayavauS khsayathiya ima tya adam akunavam