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THE PERSIAN TEXT

Col. I.

  1. . 𐎹 𐏓 𐎣 𐎠 𐎼 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎰 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎰 𐏃 𐏓 𐎠 𐎭 𐎶 𐏓 𐎢 𐎺 𐎩 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎧 𐏁 𐎠 𐎹 𐎰 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎷 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎱 [𐎿 𐎠 𐎺 𐏓] 𐎢 𐎺
  1. . 𐎪 𐎡 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐏃 𐎷 𐎡 𐏂 𐎡 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎲 𐎺 𐏓 𐎠 𐎲 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎶 [𐏓 𐎠] 𐏂 𐎡 𐎴 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐏁 𐎡 𐎹 𐎺 𐏓 𐏃 𐎢 𐎺 𐏓 𐎧 [𐏁 𐎠 𐎹 𐎰 𐎡 𐎹]
  1. . 𐏓 𐎠 𐎲 𐎺 𐏓 𐎢 𐎺 𐎩 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎢 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐏑 𐎶 𐎼 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎲 𐎠 𐎲 𐎡 𐎽 𐎢 𐎻 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎴 𐎮 𐎡 𐎫 𐎲 𐎡 𐎼 𐏓 𐎴 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎡 𐎴 [𐎡 𐎼] 𐏃 𐎹
  1. . 𐎠 𐏓 𐎱 𐎢 𐏂 𐏓 𐏃 𐎢 𐎺 𐏓 𐎢 𐎭 𐎱 𐎫 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎲 𐎠 𐎲 𐎡 𐎼 𐎢 𐎺 𐏓 𐎣 𐎠 𐎼 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎰 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎯 𐎢 𐎽 𐎢 𐎪 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎭 𐎶 𐏓 𐎴 𐎲
  1. . 𐎢 𐎤 𐎭 𐎼 𐎨 𐎼 𐏓 𐎠 𐎷 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐏃 𐎹 𐏓 𐎴 𐎲 𐎢 𐎴 𐎡 𐎫 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎱 𐎢 𐏂 𐏓 𐎱 𐎿 𐎠 𐎺 𐏓 𐎣 𐎠 𐎼 𐏓 𐏃 𐎹 𐏓 𐎲 𐎠 𐎲 𐎡 𐎽 𐎢 𐎻 𐎡 𐎹

1 There is room for about two characters between the signs ( and ^5(. The restoration is taken from the Babylonian Version, where the name is given as Aniri'.

thus unto the people of Susiana: "I am king in Susiana." Thereupon the people of Susiana became rebellious, (and) they went over unto that Âtrina; he became king in Susiana. And a certain Babylonian named Nidintu-Bêl, the son of An[iri'], raised a rebellion in Babylon: he lied to the people (saying), "I am Nebuchadnezzar, the son of Nabonidus." Then did all the province of Babylonia go

75. y karahya avatha athaha adam Uvajaiy khSayathiya amiy pa[sava] Uva- 76. jiya hamitriya abava abiy avam [A]trinam aiyaa hauv kh[sayathiya] 77. abava Uvajaiy uta i martiya Babiruviya Naditabira naina Aina[ira]hy- 78. a putra hauv udapatata Babirauv karam avatha adurujiya adam Nab- 79. uk(u)dracara amiy hya Nabunai tahya putra pasava kara hya Babiruviya