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1 The graver has omitted "TT~ from the rock by mistake. 1 The reading T ^>- here is certain. the tenth day of the month Bâgayâdish I, with a few men, slew that Gaumâta, the Magian, and the chief men who were his followers. (At) the stronghold named Sikayauvatish, in the district named Nisaya in Media, I slew him; I dispossessed him of the kingdom. By the grace of 55. maz[d]am patiyavahyaiy Auramazdamaiy upastam abara Bagayadais 56. mahya x raucabis thakata aha avatha adam hada kamnaibis martiyaibi- 57. s avani Gaumatam tyam Magum avajanam uta tyaisaiy fratama mar- 58. tiya anusiya aha(n)ta Sika[ya]uvatis nama dida Nisaya na- 59. ma dahyaus JMadaiy avadasim avajanam khsatramsim adam adinam va-

