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1 The engraver has omitted the sign't||f by mistake. ~ The division-wedge is written at the end of 1. 77. 3 The reading of Karahya in place of udapatata is certain. 4 2:| is written at the beginning of 1. 81. 6 The last syllable of the word is T ^-, not T ^- fyy. XLIX. (Thus) saith Darius, the king: While I was in Persia and in Media, the Babylonians revolted from me a second time. A certain man named Arakha, an Armenian, the son of Haldita, rebelled in Babylon. At a place named Dubala he lied unto the people (saying): "I am Nebuchadnezzar, the son of Nabonidus." Then did the Babylonian people 77. yathiya yata adam Parsai[y] u[t]a Madaiy aham patiy duvitiyam 78. Babiruviya hamitriya abava hacama i martiya Arakha nama [Armjini- 79. ya Halditahya putra hauv udapitata Babirauv Dubala nama [dajhya- 80. us haca avadaa hauv [kjarahya avatha adurujiya adam Nabukud- 81. racara amiy hya Nabunaitahya putra pasava kara Babiruviva hacama ha