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THE PERSIAN TEXT

Col. I.

  1. . 𐎠 [𐎹] 𐎶 𐏓 𐎴 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐏁 𐎣 𐎢 𐎰 𐎡 𐎶 𐏓 𐎴 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎬 (𐎢) 𐎵 𐎢 𐎺 𐎫 𐎶 𐏓 𐏀 𐎢 𐎼 𐏓 𐎠 𐎤 𐎢 𐎴 𐎺 𐎶 𐏓 𐎶 𐎼 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐏃 𐎹 𐏓 𐏃 𐎶 𐎫
  1. . 𐎧 𐏁 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎶 𐎴 𐎠 𐏓 𐎻 𐎰 𐎡 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎶 𐏓 𐎢 𐎲 𐎼 𐎫 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 [𐎲] 𐎼 𐎶 𐏓 𐏃 𐎹 𐏓 𐎻 𐎡 𐎹 𐎴 𐎠 𐎰 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎶 𐏓 𐎢 𐎳 𐎼 𐏁 𐎫
  1. . 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎱 𐎼 𐎿 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
  1. . 𐏃 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎱 𐎼 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐏃 𐎹 𐏓 𐎶 𐎼 𐎫 𐎡 [𐎹] 𐏓 𐏃 [𐎹] 𐏓 𐎭 𐎼 𐎢 𐎩 𐎴 𐏓 𐎠 𐏃 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐏃 𐎹 𐎺 𐎠 𐏓 [𐏀 𐎢] 𐎼 𐎣 𐎼 𐏓 𐎠 𐏃 𐎫

1 The traces of the sign read jSf 3 Space for division sign and two characters. It is possible that the break may be restored mam stunuvatam " those that praise me, " from Sansk. Jstit. 3 The preceding characters on the rock are certain; the word is clearly to be restored from 11. 63- 64. 4 There are possibly traces of two characters in the gap between the divisionwedges.

tyrant, neither I nor any of my line. I have ruled according to righteousness, according to ..... Whosoever helped my house, him I favoured; he who was hostile (?), him I destroyed. LXIV. (Thus) saith Darius, the king: Thou, who mayest be king

65. [ . . .]naiy Sakauri[m . .]t[u]nuvatam zura akunavam martiya hamata66. khsata mana v(i)thi[ya a]vam ubartam a[ba]ram hya viyana[sa]ya ava ufrasta67. m aparsam LXIV. thatiy Darayavaus khSayathiya tuvam [ka] khsayathiya 68. hya aparam ahy martiya [hya] draujana ahatiy hyava [zu]rakara[ . . J ahat