Col. I.
- . 𐎷 𐎡 𐏂 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎲 𐎺 𐏓 𐎠 𐎲 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎼 𐎧 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐏁 𐎡 𐎹 𐎺 𐏓 𐎲 𐎠 𐎲 𐎡 𐎽 𐎢 𐎶 𐏓 𐏃 𐎢 𐎺 𐏓 𐎠 𐎥 𐎼 𐎲 𐎠 𐎹 𐎫
- . 𐎠 𐏓 𐏃 𐎢 𐎺 𐏓 𐎧 𐏁 𐎠 𐎹 𐎰 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎲 𐎺 𐏓 𐎲 𐎠 𐎲 𐎡 𐎼 𐎢 𐎺 !! 𐏓 𐎰 𐎠 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎭 𐎠 [𐎼 𐎹 𐎺] 𐎢 [𐏁 𐏓 𐎧 𐏁] 𐎠 𐎹 𐎰 𐎡
- . 𐎹 𐏓 𐎱 𐎿 𐎠 𐎺 𐏓 𐎠 𐎭 𐎶 𐏓 𐎣 𐎠 𐎼 𐎶 𐏓 𐎳 𐎼 𐎠 𐎡 𐏁 𐎹 𐎶 𐏓 𐎲 𐎠 𐎲 𐎡 𐎽 𐎢 𐎶 𐏓 𐎻 𐎡 𐎭 𐎳 𐎼 [𐎴 𐎠] 𐏓 𐎴 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎱 𐎠 (𐎼 𐎿) 𐏓 𐎶 𐎴 𐎠
- . 𐏓 𐎲 𐎭 𐎣 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎶 𐏁 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎶 𐎰 𐎡 𐏁 𐎫 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎤 𐎢 𐎴 𐎺 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎰 𐎠 𐏁 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎰 𐏃 𐎶 𐏓 𐎱 𐎼 [𐎡 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺] 𐎶 𐏓 𐎣 𐎠 𐎼 𐎶
1 Two signs are wanting at the end of the word; they have been restored from 11. 86 and 88. The name is Vi(n}dafrana not Vi(ri)dafra, in Old Persian. The new reading agrees more closely with the Susian form of the name, Mintaparna. 1 The division-wedge is written at the beginning of 1. 85. I
revolt from me and went over to that Arakha. He seized Babylon, he became king in Babylon. L. (Thus) saith Darius, the king: Then did I send an army unto Babylon. A Persian named Vindafrana, my servant, I appointed as their leader, and thus I spake unto them
82. mitriya abava abiy avam Arakham asiyava Babirum hauv agarbayat- 83. a hauv khsayathiya abava Babirauv L. thatiy Da[rayava]u[s khSjayathi- 84. ya pasava adam karam fraiSayam Babirum Vi(n)dafra[na] nama Pa[rsa] mana '85. ba(n)daka avamsam malhitam akunavam avathasam athaham para[ita ava]m kiram
