The Behistan Inscription of King Darius: Translation And Critical Notes to ...
The Behistan Inscription of King Darius: Translation And Critical Notes to ...
Darius I (King of Persia), Herbert Cushing Tolman
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* Supplied from Elam. version. * Both the Elam. and Bab. versions point to an imperative, I decreed^ saying^ let theni^ etc., although there may not be an exact correspondence here. KT confirm the old reading asari- yata as the last word in the text. I would adopt the reading akariya°ta (Bartb.), which may seem almost presumptuous against so excellent authority as ET, who have had years of ex- perience in the copying of tablets, I do this the more boldly because of the slight differentiation of... s and k which involves, of course, simply the middle horizontal wedge in the cuneiform sign for s, and because Jackson in his reexamination of the rock regards k as quite certain; cf. JAOS. 24, 89. Whatever read- ing we accept, there is no evidence for a jBnal m in the word as given in the ed. ^adamsim, ET, in place of adamfiftm of ed. ET wrongly translate, /overthrew nine km^s. — Sun is used as ace. pL n. referring to hamarana. Digitized by Google THE BEHISTAN INSCRIPTION 29 kings; there was one, Ganmata by name, a Magian; he lied; thus he said; I am Bardiya the son of Cyrus; he made Persia rebellious; there (was) one, Atrina by name, a Susian; he lied; thus he said; I am king in Susiana; he made Susiana rebellious to me; there (was) one, Nidintu-B^l by name, a Babylonian; he lied; thus he said; I am Nebuchadrezzar the son of Nabu-na'id; he made Babylon rebellious; there (was) one, Martiya by name, a Persian; he lied; thus he said; I am Imanish, king in Susiana; he made Susiana rebellious; there (was) one Phraortes by name, a Mede; he lied; thas he said; I am Khshathrita, of the family of Cyaxares; he made Media rebellious; there (was) one Citra(n)takhma by name, in Sagartia; he lied; thus he said; 1 am king in Sagartia, of the family of Cyaxares; he made Sagartia rebellious; there (was) one Frada by name, a Margian; he lied; thus he said; I am king in Margiana; he made Margiana rebellious; there (was) one, Vahyazdata by name, a Persian; he lied; thus he said; I am Bardiya the son of Cyrus; he made Persia rebellious; there (was) one, Arakha by name, an Armenian; he lied; thus he said; I am Nebuchadrezzar the son of NabA-na^id; he made Babylon rebellious, 3.
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