Col. I.
- . 𐏁 𐏓 𐎧 𐏁 𐎠 𐎹 𐎰 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎱 𐎿 𐎠 𐎺 𐏓 𐎭 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 𐎢 𐏁 𐏓 𐎶 𐎴 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎲 𐎺 𐏓 𐎡 𐎶 𐏓 𐎫 𐎹 𐏓 𐎶
- . 𐎴 𐎠 𐏓 𐎣 𐎼 𐎫 𐎶 𐏓 𐎲 𐎠 𐎧 𐎫 𐎼 𐎡 𐎹 𐎠 !! 𐏓 𐎰 𐎠 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎭 𐎠 𐎼 𐎹 𐎺 𐎢 𐏁 𐏓 𐎧 𐏁 𐎠 𐎹
- . 𐎰 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐏑 𐎶 𐎼 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎺 𐏃 𐎹 𐏀 𐎭 𐎠 𐎫 𐏓 𐎴 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎫 𐎠 𐎼 𐎺 𐎠 𐏓 𐎴 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎺 𐎼 𐎭 𐎴 𐎶
- . 𐏓 𐎹 𐎢 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎴 𐎠 𐎶 𐎠 𐏓 𐎭 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 𐎢 𐏁 𐏓 𐎱 𐎠 𐎼 𐎿 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎭 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎭 𐎠 𐎼 𐎹 𐏓 𐏃
- . 𐎢 𐎺 𐏓 𐎯 𐎢 𐎻 𐎡 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐎶 𐏓 𐎢 𐎭 𐎱 𐎫 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎱 𐎠 𐎼 𐎿 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎣 𐎠 𐎼 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎰 𐎠
- . 𐏓 𐎠 𐎰 𐏃 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 𐎱 𐎿 𐎠 𐎺
- . 𐏓 𐎣 𐎠 𐎼 𐏓 𐎱 𐎠 𐎼 𐎿 𐏓 𐏃 𐎹 𐏓 𐎻 𐎰 𐎠 𐎱 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐏃 𐎨 𐎠 𐏓 𐎹 𐎭 𐎠 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎳 𐎼 𐎫 𐎼 𐎶 𐏓 𐏃
1 The division-wedge is written at the beginning of 1. 26, not at the end of line 25.
<X XXXIX. (Thus) saith Darius, the king: Then was the province mine. This is what was done by me in Bactria. XL. (Thus) saith Darius, the king: A certain man named Vahyazdata dwelt in a city named Tarava in a district in Persia named Yautiya. This man rebelled for the second time in Persia, and thus he spake unto the people: "I am Smerdis, the son of Cyrus." Then the Persian people who were in
20. s khsayathiya pasava dahyaus mana abava ima tya ma- 21. na kartam Bakhtriya XL. thatiy Ddrayavaus khsaya- 22. thiya I martiya Vahyazdata nama Tarava nama vardanam 23. Yautiya nama dahyaus Parsaiy avada adaraya ha- 24. uv duvitiyam udapatata Parsaiy karahya avatha 25. athaha adam Bardiya amiy hya Kuraus putra pasava 26. kara Parsa hya v(i)thapatiy haca yadaya fratarta ha
