Col. I.
- . 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎰 𐎠 𐎮 𐎡 [𐏁 𐏓 𐎠 𐎤 𐎢 𐎴 𐎺 𐎶] !! 𐏓 𐎰 𐎠 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎭 𐎠 𐎼 𐎹 𐎺 𐎢 𐏁 𐏓 𐎧 𐏁 𐎠 𐎹 𐎰 𐎡
- . 𐎹 𐏓 𐎬 𐎢 𐎺 𐎶 𐏓 𐎣 𐎠 𐏓 𐎧 [𐏁 𐎠 𐎹 𐎰 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐏃] 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎱 𐎼 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐏃 𐎹 𐏓 𐏃 𐎨 𐎠 𐏓 𐎭 𐎼 𐎢 𐎥 𐎠 𐏓 𐎭 𐎼 𐏁 𐎶 𐏓
- . 𐎱 𐎫 𐎡 𐎱 𐎹 𐎢 𐎺 𐎠 𐏓 𐎶 𐎼 𐎫 [𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐏃 𐎹 𐏓 𐎭 𐎼 𐎢] 𐎩 𐎴 𐏓 𐎠 𐏃 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎶 𐏓 𐎢 𐎳 𐎼 𐏁 𐎫 𐎶 𐏓 𐎱 𐎼 𐎿 𐎠 𐏓 𐎹
- . 𐎮 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎰 𐎠 𐏓 𐎶 𐎴 [𐎡 𐎹] 𐎠 [𐏃 𐎹] 𐏓 𐎭 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 𐎢 𐏁 𐎶 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎯 𐎢 𐎽 𐎢 𐎺 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐏃 𐎫 𐎡
- . 𐎹 𐏓 𐎰 𐎠 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎭 𐎠 [𐎼 𐎹] 𐎺 𐎢 [𐏁] 𐏓 𐎧 𐏁 𐎠 𐎹 𐎰 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎡 𐎶 𐏓 𐎫 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎭 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎤 𐎢 𐎴 𐎺 𐎶 𐏓
1 The engraver has here left a blank space of one character. 3 This restoration is not quite certain. The traces of the last character of the section are possibly those of ^. 3 The sign is certainly "^" and not |.
LV. (Thus) saith Darius, the king: Thou who mayest be king hereafter, beware of lies; the man who is a liar, destroy him utterly if thou thinkest " (thereby) shall my land remain whole."
LVI. (Thus) saith Darius, the king: This is what I have done,
36. dma avatha di[s akunavam] LV. thatiy Darayavaus khsayathi- 37. ya tuvam ka kh[sayathiya h]ya aparam ahy haca drauga darsam 38. patipayauva mart[iya hya draujjana ahatiy avam ufrastam parsa ya- 39. diy avatha man[iyahy] dahyausmaiy duruva ahati- 40. y LVI. thatiy Da[raya]va[us] khsayathiya ima tya adam akunavam
