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Col. I.

1. . 𐎰 𐎡 [𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎺 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓] 𐎿 [𐎣] 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎼 𐎡 [𐎣 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠] 𐏃 [𐏓] 𐎢 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎴 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎢 𐎼 𐎶 𐏀 𐎭

1. . 𐎠 [𐏁 𐎠 𐎶 𐏓 𐎠 𐎹] 𐎮 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎠 𐎢 𐎼 𐎶 [𐏀] 𐎭 [𐎠 𐎶 𐏓] 𐎠 𐎹 𐎭 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 𐎺 𐏁 𐎴 𐎠 𐏓 𐎠 𐎢 𐎼 𐎶

1. . 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

1. . 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

1. . 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓 [𐎠 𐎺 𐏃 𐎹] 𐎠 𐏓 [𐎹 𐎠 𐎴] 𐎶 𐏓 [𐎠 𐏃 𐎫 𐎡 𐎹 𐏓] 𐎢 𐎫 𐎠 𐏓 𐎪 𐎡 𐎺 𐏃 𐎹 𐎠 𐏓 𐎢 𐎫 𐎠

1. . 𐏓 𐎶 [𐎼 𐎫 𐏃 𐎹] 𐎠

1 There is room for about five characters in the gap.

The traces of the preceding sign appear to be those of *"fff .

3 There is room for seven or eight characters in the gap. 4 The beginning of the sign is preserved.

[. . . .] . . . By the grace of Auramazda I did unto them [according to] my [will].

§ LXXVI. (Thus) saith [Darius], the [king]: Auramazda . . [. . . .] his life and [. . . .].

31. thi[ya . . . .]s[ . . .]a[ . . . .] ma naiy Auramazd- 32. a[ . . . .]i[ . . .] ur[ . . . .] yadiy vaSna. Aurama- 33. z[daha yatha m]am [kama avathadi]S aku- navam LXXVI. that- 34. i[y Darayavaus khs]a[yathiya] Auramazdam yadata-

35. i[y ....]m[ ....]t<a jivahya uta 36. [....]

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