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Col. I.

1. . 𐎨 𐎼 𐎡 𐏁 𐏓 𐎥 𐎡 𐎰 𐎠 𐎶 𐎨 𐎠 𐏓 𐎶 𐎠 𐎴 𐎡 𐎹 𐎶 𐎨 𐎠 𐏓 𐎻 𐎰 𐎲 𐎡 𐏁 𐎨 𐎠 𐏓 𐎫 𐎹 𐎠 𐎮 𐎡 𐏁 𐏓 𐎥 𐎢 𐎶 𐎠 𐎫 𐏓 𐏃 [𐎹 𐏓]

1. . 𐎶 𐎦 𐎢 𐏁 𐏓 𐎠 𐎮 𐎡 𐎴 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎭 𐎶 𐏓 𐎣 𐎠 𐎼 𐎶 𐏓 𐎥 𐎠 𐎰 𐎺 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎠 𐎿 𐎫 𐎠 𐎹 𐎶 𐏓 𐎱 𐎠 𐎼 𐎿 𐎶 (𐎨) 𐎠 𐏓 𐎶 𐎠 𐎭 𐎶 [𐎨]

1. . 𐎠 𐏓 𐎢 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎴 𐎡 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎭 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 𐎺 𐏓 𐎹 𐎰 𐎠 𐏓 𐎱 𐎽 𐎢 𐎺 𐎶 𐎨 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎰 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎭 𐎶 𐏓 𐎫 𐎹 𐏓 𐎱 𐎼 𐎠 𐎲 [𐎼 𐎫]

1. . 𐎶 𐏓 𐎱 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐎠 𐎲 𐎼 𐎶 𐏓 𐎺 𐏁 𐎴 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎢 𐎼 𐎶 𐏀 𐎭 𐎠 𐏃 𐏓 𐎡 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎭 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎤 𐎢 𐎴 𐎺 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎭 𐎶 𐏓 𐏃 𐎶 𐎫 𐎧 (𐏁)[𐎡 𐎹 𐏓]

1. . 𐎹 𐎠 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎻 𐎰 𐎶 𐏓 𐎫 𐎹 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎶 𐎠 𐎧 𐎶 𐏓 𐎥 𐎠 𐎰 𐎺 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎠 𐎿 𐎫 𐎠 𐎹 𐎶 𐏓 𐎹 𐎰 𐎠 𐏓 [𐎱 𐎽] 𐎢 𐎺 𐎶 [𐎨 𐎡] 𐎹 𐏓 ^[1]

and the pasture-lands, and the herds and the dwelling-places, and the houses,^[1] which Gaumâta, the Magian, had taken away. I settled the people in their place, (the people of) Persia, and Media, and the other provinces. I restored that which had been taken away, as it was in the days of old. This did I by the grace of Auramaxda, I laboured until I had stablished our house in its place, as in the days of

65. caris gaithamca maniyamca v(i)thabisca tyadis Gaumata h[ya] 66. Magus adina adani kararn galhva avastayam Parsam[c]a Madam[c]- 67. a uta aniya dahyava yatha paruvamciy avatha adam tya paraba[rta]- 68. m patiyabaram vaSna Auramazdaha ima adam akunavam adam hamatakh[saiy] 69. yata v(i)tham tyam amakham gathva avastayam yatha [par]uvam[ci]y 1

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1. There is no 𐎡 between the signs 𐎰 and 𐎲. The translation of this and the preceding words is very uncertain.