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1 The reading of the sign T^f ' s certain. ! The traces of the last character in the line read ?yf. 3 Thus and not tTfT  the Tigris. Then did I utterly overthrow that host of Nidintu-Bêl. On the twenty-sixth day of the month Âtriyâdiya we joined battle.

§ XIX. (Thus) saith Darius, the king: Then did I march against Babylon; (but) before I reached Babylon, that Nidintu-Bêl, who was called Nebuchadnezzar, came with a host and offered battle at the city named Zâzâna, on the Euphrates. 89. tyam Naditabirahya adam ajanam vasiy Atr[i]yadiya[hya] mahya xxvi rau- 90. cabis thakata aha a[vath]a liamaranam akum[a] XIX. thatiy Darayavaus kh- 91. Sayathiya pasava a[d]am Babirum asiyavam athiy Babiru[m yatha naiy up]- 92. ayam Zazana nama vardanam anuv Ufratuva avada [hauv Najdita-