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THE PERSIAN TEXT

Col. I.

  1. . 𐎧 𐎫 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎭 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎤 𐎢 𐎴 [𐎺 𐎶 𐏓 𐏃 𐎶] 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎰 𐎼 𐎭 !! 𐏓 𐎰 𐎠 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎭 𐎠 𐎼 𐎹 𐎺 𐎢 𐏁 𐏓 𐎧 𐏁 𐎠 𐎹
  1. . 𐎰 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎺 𐏁 𐎴 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎢 𐎼 [𐎶 𐏀 𐎭 𐎠 𐏃] 𐏓 𐎢 𐎫 𐎠 𐎶 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎴 𐎡 𐎹 𐏁 𐎨 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎺 𐎿 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎿 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎣 𐎼 𐎫
  1. . 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐏓 𐎠 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎮 [𐎡] 𐎱 [𐎡 𐎹] 𐎠 𐏓 𐎴 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎴 𐎡 𐎱 𐎡 𐏁 𐎫 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐏃 𐎹 𐎼 𐎠 𐎮 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎴 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎴
  1. . 𐎡 𐎱 𐎡 𐏁 𐎫 𐎶 𐏓 𐎶 𐎠 𐎫 𐎹 𐏓 [𐏃 𐎹 𐏓] (𐎠 𐎱) 𐎼 𐎶 𐏓 𐎡 𐎶 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎮 𐎡 𐎱 𐎡 𐎶 𐏓 𐎱 𐎫 𐎡 𐎱 𐎼 𐎿 𐎠 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐏃
  1. . 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎱 𐎽 𐎢 𐎺 𐏓 𐎰 𐎭 𐎹 𐎠 [𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎫 𐎹] 𐏓 𐎶 𐎴 𐎠 𐏓 𐎣 𐎼 𐎫 𐎶 𐏓 𐎴 𐎡 𐏁 [𐎡 𐎶 𐏓] 𐎡 𐎶 𐏓 𐎺 𐎼 𐎴 𐎺 𐎠 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎯

1 This restoration is not certain. The traces of the third sign in the word read <^. 3 There are traces of two characters on the rock between the signs ^~ and *yf".

LVIII. (Thus) saith Darius, the king: By the grace of Auramazda there is also much else that hath been done by me which is not graven in this inscription; on this account it hath not been inscribed lest he who shall read this inscription hereafter should then hold that which hath been done by me to be too much and should not believe it, (but) should take it to be lies.

45. khtani adam akuna[vam hamajhyaya tharda LVIII. lhatiy UarayavauS khsaya- 46. thiyavasna Aura[inazd;iha apjimaiy aniyasciy vasiy astiy karta- 47. m ava ahyaya d[i]p[iy]a naiy nipistam avahyaradiy naiy n- 48. ipistam mat[ya hya apajram imam dipim patiparsatiy avah- 49. ya paruv tha[dutiy tya] mana kartam nais[, .]im varnavataiy d