Col. I.
- . 𐎺 𐎠 [𐎼 𐎿 𐎶 𐏓 𐎭] 𐎼 𐎧 [𐎫] 𐎠 𐏓 [ 𐎠 𐎺 𐏓 𐏃 𐎭 𐎠 𐏓 𐎣 𐎠 𐎼] 𐎠 𐏓 𐎻 𐎡 𐎿 𐎠 𐏓 𐎻 𐎡 𐎹 𐎫 𐎼
- . 𐎹 𐎶 [𐏓 𐎱 𐎿 𐎠 𐎺] 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎡 𐎹 [𐏓] 𐎿 𐎣 [𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎭 𐎶] 𐏓 𐎠 𐎩 𐎴 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎴 𐎡 𐎹 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎥
- . 𐎼 𐎲 𐎠 𐎹 [𐏓 𐏃 𐎢 𐎺 𐏓 𐎲] 𐎿 𐎫 [𐏓 𐎠 𐎴 𐎹 𐎫 𐎠] 𐏓 𐎠 𐎲 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎶 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎢 𐎫
- . 𐎠 𐏁 [𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐏃 𐎹 𐏓] (𐎶 𐎰) 𐎡 𐏁 𐎫 [𐏓 𐎠 𐏃 𐏓] 𐎿 [𐎤] 𐎢 𐎧 𐏓 𐎴 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎥
- . 𐎼 𐎲 𐎠 [𐎹 𐏓 𐎲 𐎿 𐎫] 𐎶 [𐏓] 𐎠 𐎴 𐎹 [𐏓 𐎠 𐎲 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎶 𐎠 𐎶] 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎭 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎴 𐎡 𐎹 𐎶 𐏓 𐎶 𐎰
- . 𐎡 𐏁 𐎫 [𐎶] 𐏓 𐎠 𐎤 𐎢 𐎴 𐎺 𐎶 𐏓 𐎹 [𐎰 𐎠 𐏓] 𐎶 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 [𐎣] 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐏃 𐏓 𐎱 𐎿 𐎠 𐎺 𐏓 𐎭
- . 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 [𐎢 𐏁 𐏓 𐎶] 𐎴 𐎠 [𐏓 𐎠] 𐎲 𐎺 !! [𐏓 𐎰 𐎠 𐎫 𐎡] 𐎹 𐏓 𐎭 𐎠 𐎼 𐎹 𐎺 𐎢 𐏁 𐏓 𐎧 𐏁 𐎠 𐎹
1 There is room for eight or nine characters in the gap. 3 There is room for six or seven characters in the gap. 8 The end of the sign is preserved. 4 There is room for four characters in the gap. J The sign is clearly <^y| on the rock, so that the name cannot be restored as that of Skunka. There is room for five or six characteis in the gap.
over ....[.. many of] the Scythians I slew, the rest I took prisoners: . . . [was brought] unto me in fetters and [I slew] him [....] named [ . . . .]kha I took prison[er ....]! then appointed another as their leader [....] was named. Then the province became mine. LXXV. (Thus) saith Darius, the king:[....] not Auramazda
24. va[ . . . .]a h[ . . . .]a pisa viyatara- 25. yam[ . . . .] Sak[iya avjajanam aniyam aga- 26. rb[ayam .... bajsta [anayati a]biy mam ut- 27. as[im avajanam [ ....]s n[ ....]kha nama avam aga- 28. rb[ayam . . . .] ya[ . . . .] avada aniyam math- 29. is[tam akjunavam ya[ . . . . njama aha pasava da- 30. h[yaus ma]na [aba]va LXXV. [thatijy Darayavaus khsaya
