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Col. I.

1. . [𐎠 𐏓 𐎠] 𐎴 𐎡 𐎹 𐎠 𐎢 𐎺 𐎠 𐏓 𐎭 𐏃 𐎹 𐎢 𐏁 𐎢 𐎺 𐎠 !! 𐏓 𐎰 𐎠 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎭 𐎠 𐎼 𐎹 𐎺 𐎢 𐏁 𐏓 𐎧 𐏁 𐎠 𐎹 𐎰 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎱

1. . [𐎿 𐎠 𐎺] 𐏓 𐏑 𐎶 𐎼 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎶 𐎦 𐎢 𐏁 𐏓 𐎠 𐏃 𐏓 𐎥 𐎢 𐎶 𐎠 𐎫 𐏓 𐎴 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐏃 𐎢 𐎺 𐏓 𐎢 𐎭 𐎱 𐎫 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐏃 𐎨 𐎠 𐏓 𐎱 𐎡 𐏁 𐎡

1. . [𐎹 𐎠] 𐎢 𐎺 𐎠 𐎭 𐎠 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎼 𐎣 𐎭 𐎼 𐎡 𐏁 𐏓 𐎴 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎣 𐎢 𐎳 𐏓 𐏃 𐎨 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎭 𐏁 𐏓 𐎻 𐎡 𐎹 𐎧 𐎴 𐏃 𐎹 𐏓 𐎶 𐎠 𐏃

1. . [𐎹] 𐎠 𐏓 𐏓 𐏒 𐏒 𐏓 𐎼 𐎢 𐎨 𐎲 𐎡 𐏁 𐏓 𐎰 𐎣 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐏃 𐏓 𐎹 𐎮 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎢 𐎭 𐎱 𐎫 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐏃 𐎢 𐎺 𐏓 𐎣 𐎠 𐎼 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎰 𐎠

1. . [𐏓 𐎠] 𐎯 𐎢 𐎽 𐎢 𐎪 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎭 𐎶 𐏓 𐎲 𐎼 𐎮 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎷 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐏃 𐎹 𐏓 𐎤 𐎢 𐎼 𐎢 𐏁 𐏓 𐎱 𐎢 𐏂 𐏓 𐎣 𐎲 𐎢 𐎪 𐎡 𐎹 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎲 𐎼

§ XI. (Thus) saith Darius, the king: Afterwards there was a certain man, a Magian, Gaumâta by name, who raised a rebellion in Paishiyâuvâdâ, in a mountain named Arakadrish. On the fourteenth day of the month Viyakhna^[1] did he rebel. He lied unto the people, saying: "I am Smerdis, the son of Cyrus, the brother of Cambyses."

35. [a anjiyauva dahyusuva XI. thatiy Darayavaus khsayathiya pa- 36. [sava] I martiya Magus aha Gaumata nama hauv udapatata haca Paisi- 37. [yajuvadaya Arakadris nama. kaufa haca avada^a Viyakhnahya mah- 38. [ya] xiv raucabis thakata aha yadiy udapatata hauv karahya avatha 39. [ajdurujiya adani Bardiya amiy hya Kuraus putra Ka(m)bujiyahya br1

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1. For a discussion of the Persian months and their Babylonian equivalents, see the Introduction.