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1 The engraver has here left a blank space of one character. 3 This restoration is not quite certain. The traces of the last character of the section are possibly those of ^. 3 The sign is certainly "^" and not |. LV. (Thus) saith Darius, the king: Thou who mayest be king hereafter, beware of lies; the man who is a liar, destroy him utterly if thou thinkest " (thereby) shall my land remain whole."

LVI. (Thus) saith Darius, the king: This is what I have done, 36. dma avatha di[s akunavam] LV. thatiy Darayavaus khsayathi- 37. ya tuvam ka kh[sayathiya h]ya aparam ahy haca drauga darsam 38. patipayauva mart[iya hya draujjana ahatiy avam ufrastam parsa ya- 39. diy avatha man[iyahy] dahyausmaiy duruva ahati- 40. y LVI. thatiy Da[raya]va[us] khsayathiya ima tya adam akunavam 