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1 Two signs are wanting at the end of the word; they have been restored from 11. 86 and 88. The name is Vi(n}dafrana not Vi(ri)dafra, in Old Persian. The new reading agrees more closely with the Susian form of the name, Mintaparna. 1 The division-wedge is written at the beginning of 1. 85. I revolt from me and went over to that Arakha. He seized Babylon, he became king in Babylon. L. (Thus) saith Darius, the king: Then did I send an army unto Babylon. A Persian named Vindafrana, my servant, I appointed as their leader, and thus I spake unto them 82. mitriya abava abiy avam Arakham asiyava Babirum hauv agarbayat- 83. a hauv khsayathiya abava Babirauv L. thatiy Da[rayava]u[s khSjayathi- 84. ya pasava adam karam fraiSayam Babirum Vi(n)dafra[na] nama Pa[rsa] mana '85. ba(n)daka avamsam malhitam akunavam avathasam athaham para[ita ava]m kiram 