Col. I.
- . 𐎢 𐎽 𐎢 𐎧 𐎫 𐎶 𐏓 𐎶 𐎴 𐎡 𐎹 𐎠 [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 𐎫 𐎹 𐎡 𐎹
- . 𐏓 𐎱 𐎽 𐎢 𐎺 𐎠 𐏓 𐎧 𐏁 𐎠 𐎹 𐎰 𐎡 𐎹 [𐎠 𐏓] 𐎹 𐎠 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐏃 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎡 𐏁 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎠 𐏓 𐎴 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎿 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎣 𐎼
- . 𐎫 𐎶 𐏓 𐎹 𐎰 𐎠 𐏓 𐎶 𐎴 𐎠 𐏓 𐎺 [𐏁 𐎴 𐎠] 𐏓 𐎠 𐎢 𐎼 𐎶 𐏀 𐎭 𐎠 𐏃 𐏓 𐏃 𐎶 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎰 𐎼 𐎭 𐏓 𐎣 𐎼 𐎫 𐎶 !! 𐏓 𐎰 𐎠
- . 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎭 𐎠 𐎼 𐎹 𐎺 𐎢 𐏁 𐏓 𐎧 [𐏁 𐎠] 𐎹 𐎰 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎵 𐎢 𐎼 𐎶 𐏓 𐎰 𐎢 𐎺 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎺 𐎼 𐎴 𐎺 𐎫 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎫 𐎹 𐏓 𐎶 𐎴
- . 𐎠 𐏓 𐎣 𐎼 𐎫 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎰 𐎠 𐏓 𐎣 𐎠 𐎼 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎰 𐎠 𐎮 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎶 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎱 𐎥 𐎢 𐎭 𐎹 𐏓 𐎹 𐎮 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎡 𐎶 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓
1 The reading ava is certain. 3 The reading on the rock is certainly tharda kartam and not duvartam. Thus the root durar, does not exist in Old Persian.;t The sign y"yr is written at the end of 1.
LIX. (Thus) saith Darius, the king: It was not done by the former kings during their time, as it hath always been done by me through the favour of Auramazda. $ LX. (Thus) saith Darius, the king: Now may that appear true unto thee which hath been done by me; so ... conceal thou
50. urukhtam maniya[tiy] LIX. thatiy Darayavaus khsayathiya tyaiy 51. paruva. khsayath[iya y]at;i aha avaisam ava naiy astiy kar- 52. tain yatha mana va[na] Auraniazdaha hamahyaya tharda kartam LX. tha- 53. tiy Darayavaus kh[sa]yathiya nuram thuvam varnavatam iya man- 54. a kartam avatha sa[ . .,]d [ . . .]adiy ma apagaudaya yadiy imam
