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Col. I.

39. 𐎴 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎫 𐎡 𐎥 𐎼 𐏓 𐎴 𐎠 𐎶 𐎠 𐏓 𐎮 𐎡 𐎭 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎼 𐎷[1] 𐎴 𐎡 [𐎹 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓] 𐎠 𐎺 𐎭 𐎠 𐏓 𐏃 𐎶 𐎼 𐎴 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎤 𐎢 𐎴 𐎺 𐏓 𐎠
40. 𐎢 𐎼 𐎶 𐏀 𐎭 𐎠 𐎶 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎢 𐎱 𐎿 𐎫 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎲 𐎼 𐏓 𐎺 𐏁 𐎴 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎢 𐎼 [𐎶 𐏀 𐎭 𐎠] 𐏃 𐏓 𐎣 𐎠 𐎼 𐏓 𐏃 𐎹 𐏓 𐎶 𐎴 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠
41. 𐎺 𐎶 𐏓 𐎣 𐎠 𐎼 𐎶 𐏓 𐎫 𐎹 𐎶 𐏓 𐏃 𐎷 𐎡 𐏂 𐎡 𐎹 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎩 𐏓 𐎺 𐎿 [𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎰 𐎢 𐎼 𐎺 𐎠] 𐏃 𐎼 𐏃 𐎹 𐏓 𐎶 𐎠 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐏓 𐏒 𐏒 𐏒 𐏒
42. 𐏓 𐎼 𐎢 𐎨 𐎲 𐎡 𐏁 𐏓 𐎰 𐎣 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐏃 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎰 𐎠 𐏁 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐏃 𐎶 𐎼 𐎴 𐎶 𐏓 𐎣 [𐎼 𐎫 𐎶] !! 𐏓 𐎰 𐎠 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎭 𐎠 𐎼 𐎹
43. 𐎺 𐎢 𐏁 𐏓 𐎧 𐏁 𐎠 𐎹 𐎰 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎱 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐏂 𐎡 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐎶 𐏓 𐏃 [𐎷] 𐎡 𐏂 [𐎡 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓] 𐏃 𐎥 𐎶 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎱 𐎼 𐎡 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎱 𐎫
give him battle. At a stronghold in Armenia named Tigra

they joined battle. Auramazda brought me help; by the grace of Auramazda did my army utterly overthrow that rebel host. On the eighteenth day of the month Thuravâhara the battle was fought by them.

§ XXVIII. Thus saith Darius, the king: The rebels assembled for

39. naiy Tigra nama dida Arm(i)ni[yaiy] avada hamaranam akunava A- 40. uiamazdamaiy upastam abara vasna Aura[mazda]ha kara hya manii a- 41. am karam tyam hamitriyam aja vas[iy Thurava]harahya mahya xvm 42. raucabis tliakata aha avathasam hamaranam ka[rtam] XXVIII. thatiy Uaraya- 43. vans khsayaihiya patiy tritiyam ha[m]itr iya] hagamala paraita pat-


  1. The sign is 𐎷, not 𐎶