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Col. I.

1. . 𐎶 𐏀 <𐎭 >𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎱 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐎠 𐎺 𐏃 𐎹 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎢 𐎼 𐎶 𐏀 𐎭 𐎠 𐎶 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎢 𐎱 𐎿 𐎫 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎲 𐎼 𐏓 𐎲 𐎠 𐎥 𐎹 𐎠 𐎭 𐎡 𐏁 𐏓

1. . 𐎶 𐎠 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐏓 𐏓 𐎼 𐎢 𐎨 𐎲 𐎡 𐏁 𐏓 𐎰 𐎣 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐏃 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎰 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎭 𐎶 𐏓 𐏃 𐎭 𐎠 𐏓 𐎣 𐎶 𐎴 𐎡 𐎲 𐎡 𐏁 𐏓 𐎶 𐎼 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐎡 𐎲 𐎡

1. . 𐏁 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎶 𐏓 𐎥 𐎢 𐎶 𐎠 𐎫 𐎶 𐏓 𐎫 𐎹 𐎶 𐏓 𐎶 𐎦 𐎢 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎠 𐎩 𐎴 𐎶 𐏓 𐎢 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎫 𐎹 𐎡 𐏁 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎳 𐎼 𐎫 𐎶 𐎠 𐏓 𐎶 𐎼

1. . 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎵 𐎢 𐏁 𐎡 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐏃 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎿 𐎡 𐎣 <𐎹 >𐎢 𐎺 𐎫 𐎡 𐏁 𐏓 𐎴 𐎠 𐎶 𐎠 𐏓 𐎮 𐎡 𐎭 𐎠 𐏓 𐎴 𐎡 𐎿 𐎠 𐎹 𐏓 𐎴 𐎠

1. . 𐎶 𐎠 𐏓 𐎭 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 𐎢 𐏁 𐏓 𐎶 𐎠 𐎭 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎭 𐏁 𐎡 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎠 𐎩 𐎴 𐎶 𐏓 𐎧 𐏁 𐏂 𐎶 𐏁 𐎡 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎭 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎮 𐎡 𐎴 𐎶 𐏓 𐎺

1 The graver has omitted "TT~ from the rock by mistake. 1 The reading T ^>- here is certain.

the tenth day of the month Bâgayâdish I, with a few men,

slew that Gaumâta, the Magian, and the chief men who were his followers. (At) the stronghold named Sikayauvatish, in the district named Nisaya in Media, I slew him;

I dispossessed him of the kingdom. By the grace of

55. maz[d]am patiyavahyaiy Auramazdamaiy upastam abara Bagayadais 56. mahya x raucabis thakata aha avatha adam hada kamnaibis martiyaibi- 57. s avani Gaumatam tyam Magum avajanam uta tyaisaiy fratama mar- 58. tiya anusiya aha(n)ta Sika[ya]uvatis nama dida Nisaya na- 59. ma dahyaus JMadaiy avadasim avajanam khsatramsim adam adinam va-

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