Col. I.
- . 𐎢 𐎼 𐎶 𐏀 [𐎭 𐎠] 𐏃 [𐏓 𐎹](𐎰 𐎠) 𐏓 𐎶 𐎠 𐎶 [𐏓 𐎣 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 𐏃 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎢 𐎼 𐎶 𐏀 𐎭 𐎠
- . 𐎶 𐏓 𐎹 𐎭 [𐎠 𐎫 𐎡] 𐎹 𐏓 𐎹 𐎠 [𐎴 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠] 𐏓 𐎠 𐏃 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎢 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎪 𐎡 𐎺 𐏃
- . 𐎹 𐎠 [𐏓] 𐎢 [𐎫 𐎠 𐏓] 𐎶 𐎼 𐎫 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 !! [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 𐏃 𐎭] 𐎠 𐏓 𐎣 [𐎠 𐎼 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠] 𐎭 𐎶 𐏓 [𐎠 𐏁] 𐎡 𐎹 𐎺 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎲 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎿 𐎣
- . 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎱 𐎿 [𐎠] 𐎺 [𐏓 𐎿 [𐎣 𐎠 𐏓 𐎫 𐎹] 𐎡 (𐎹) [𐏓] 𐎧 𐎢 [𐎭 𐎠] 𐎶 𐏓 𐎫 𐎡 𐎥 𐎼 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎲 𐎼 𐎫 𐎡
- . 𐎹 𐏓 𐎡 [𐎶 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎱 𐎫 𐎡 𐏁 𐏓 𐎶 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠] 𐎡 𐏁 [𐏓 𐎹](𐎮) 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎲 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎭 𐎼 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠
1 There is room for eight or nine characters in the gap. 1 There is room for six or seven characters in the gap. 3 There is room for fourteen or fifteen characters in the gap. 4 There is no *~]fl following T ^-; abiy daraya is the phrase used in 1. 10 of the longest inscription of Darius at the Suez Canal. M
[afraid], and Auramazda delivered them into my hand . . . By the grace of Auramazda I did unto them [according to my will]. LXXIII. (Thus) saith Darius, the king: He who [respecteth] Auramazda will be ........ so long [as his line en]dureth, and [his] life [will be long]. LXXIV. [(Thus) saith] Darius, the king: [With the army (?)] I went to Scythia; against Scythia [I marched . . . .] the Tigris ....[....] unto the sea [ .....] I crossed
17. urama[zdaha yatha] ma[m kama avaJthadiS akunavam 18. LXXIII. th[atiy I)araya]vaus [khsayathjiya hya Auramazda- 19. -m ya[ .....] ya[va tauma a]hatiy uta jivah- 20. ya[dra(n)ga ....]ya[ ... LXXIV. thati]y Darayavaus khs21. aya[thiya hada kar]a Sa[kam adam a5]iyavam abiy Sak- 22. am[ .....]i [ .....]m Tigram barata- 23. ya [ . . . .]iya abiy daraya a
