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 Then were all the people in revolt, and from Cambyses they went over unto him, both Persia and Media, and the other provinces. He seized on the kingdom; on the ninth day of the month Garmapada he seized on the kingdom. Afterwards Cambyses died by his own hand.

§ XII. (Thus) saith Darius, the king: The kingdom of which Gaumâta, the Magian, dispossessed Cambyses, had 40. [a]ta pasava kara haruva hamitriya abava haca Ka(m)bujiya abiy avam 41. [ajsiyava uta Parsa uta Mada uta aniya dahyava khatram hauv 42. agarbayata Garmapadahya mahya ix raucabis thakata aha avatha khsa- 43. tram agarbayata pasava Ka(m)bujiya uvamarsiyus amariyaia XII. thatiy 44. Darayavauskhsayathiya aita khsatram tya Gaumata hya MaguS adinC