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THE GROWTH OF PARTHIA

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day of Viyakhna.^[1] Aid arrived from the army at Rhages (Rayy), and another battle was waged at Patigrabana on the first day of Garmapada,^[2] when 6,520 of the rebels were reported killed and 4,192 wounded. About this time Margiana revolted, and the satrap of Bactria was sent to put down the uprising.^[3] Parthava probably remained united with Hyrcania at the death of Darius.^[4]

The mention of Parthava in the Behistun inscrip-

↑ Weissbach, Die Keilinschriften der Achämeniden, p. 43, makes this February 5, 521 b.c. The translation of Achaemenid dates into the Julian calendar is very uncertain; cf. Charles J. Ogden, "A Note on the Chronology of the Behistūn Inscription of Darius," Oriental Studies in Honour of C. E. Pavry, ed. J. D. C. Pavry (London, 1933), pp. 361–65 and bibliography cited therein, also D. Sidersky, "Contribution à l'étude de la chronologie néo-babylonienne," Revue d'assyriologie, XXX (1933), 63.
↑ Cf. preceding note. Herzfeld, "Zarathustra," AMI, I (1929–30), 109, n. 1, and II (1930), 65, equates Patigrabana with Bagir and Bagir with Nisa.
↑ Weissbach, op. cit., pp. 44 f., § 38. The Aramaic copy from Elephantine in Egypt merely summarizes the Parthian campaign; see A. Cowley, Aramaic Papyri of the Fifth Century B.C. (Oxford, 1923), p. 258.
↑ Naqsh-i-Rustem inscription, § 3, in Weissbach, op. cit., pp. 87–89, and the Xerxes inscription found by the Oriental Institute, for which see Roland G. Kent, "The Present Status of Old Persian Studies," JAOS, LVI (1936), 212 f., and "The Daiva-Inscription of Xerxes," Language, XIII (1937), 294, lines 19 f. In the Behistun and the Persepolis E in scriptions Parthava is the thirteenth satrapy listed; in the new Xerxes inscription it is sixth; in the Tell el-Maskhūṭah inscription from Egypt it is fifth (W. Golenischeff, "Stèle de Darius aux environs de Tell el-Maskhoutah," Recueil de travaux, XIII [1890], 102–6); and in the Naqsh-i-Rustem and Susa inscriptions it is third (on the Susa inscription see V. Scheil, "Conquêtes et politique de Darius," Mém. Miss. archéol. de Perse, XXIV [1933], 119). The name of the satrapy is written in Akkadian as Partu; in Elamite, Partuma; in Egyptian, Prtywꜣ.

[1] Weissbach, Die Keilinschriften der Achämeniden, p. 43, makes this February 5, 521 b.c. The translation of Achaemenid dates into the Julian calendar is very uncertain; cf. Charles J. Ogden, "A Note on the Chronology of the Behistūn Inscription of Darius," Oriental Studies in Honour of C. E. Pavry, ed. J. D. C. Pavry (London, 1933), pp. 361–65 and bibliography cited therein, also D. Sidersky, "Contribution à l'étude de la chronologie néo-babylonienne," Revue d'assyriologie, XXX (1933), 63.

[2] Cf. preceding note. Herzfeld, "Zarathustra," AMI, I (1929–30), 109, n. 1, and II (1930), 65, equates Patigrabana with Bagir and Bagir with Nisa.

[3] Weissbach, op. cit., pp. 44 f., § 38. The Aramaic copy from Elephantine in Egypt merely summarizes the Parthian campaign; see A. Cowley, Aramaic Papyri of the Fifth Century B.C. (Oxford, 1923), p. 258.

[4] Naqsh-i-Rustem inscription, § 3, in Weissbach, op. cit., pp. 87–89, and the Xerxes inscription found by the Oriental Institute, for which see Roland G. Kent, "The Present Status of Old Persian Studies," JAOS, LVI (1936), 212 f., and "The Daiva-Inscription of Xerxes," Language, XIII (1937), 294, lines 19 f. In the Behistun and the Persepolis E in scriptions Parthava is the thirteenth satrapy listed; in the new Xerxes inscription it is sixth; in the Tell el-Maskhūṭah inscription from Egypt it is fifth (W. Golenischeff, "Stèle de Darius aux environs de Tell el-Maskhoutah," Recueil de travaux, XIII [1890], 102–6); and in the Naqsh-i-Rustem and Susa inscriptions it is third (on the Susa inscription see V. Scheil, "Conquêtes et politique de Darius," Mém. Miss. archéol. de Perse, XXIV [1933], 119). The name of the satrapy is written in Akkadian as Partu; in Elamite, Partuma; in Egyptian, Prtywꜣ.

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