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THE PERSIAN TEXT

Col. I.

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

1 The engraver has omitted the sign't||f by mistake. ~ The division-wedge is written at the end of 1. 77. 3 The reading of Karahya in place of udapatata is certain. 4 2:| is written at the beginning of 1. 81. 6 The last syllable of the word is T ^-, not T ^- fyy .

XLIX. (Thus) saith Darius, the king: While I was in Persia and in Media, the Babylonians revolted from me a second time. A certain man named Arakha, an Armenian, the son of Haldita, rebelled in Babylon. At a place named Dubala he lied unto the people (saying): "I am Nebuchadnezzar, the son of Nabonidus." Then did the Babylonian people

77. yathiya yata adam Parsai[y] u[t]a Madaiy aham patiy duvitiyam 78. Babiruviya hamitriya abava hacama i martiya Arakha nama [Armjini- 79. ya Halditahya putra hauv udapitata Babirauv Dubala nama [dajhya- 80. us haca avadaa hauv [kjarahya avatha adurujiya adam Nabukud- 81. racara amiy hya Nabunaitahya putra pasava kara Babiruviva hacama ha