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1 The traces of the sign read jSf 3 Space for division sign and two characters. It is possible that the break may be restored mam stunuvatam " those that praise me, " from Sansk. Jstit. 3 The preceding characters on the rock are certain; the word is clearly to be restored from 11. 63- 64. 4 There are possibly traces of two characters in the gap between the divisionwedges. tyrant, neither I nor any of my line. I have ruled according to righteousness, according to ..... Whosoever helped my house, him I favoured; he who was hostile (?), him I destroyed. LXIV. (Thus) saith Darius, the king: Thou, who mayest be king 65. [ . . .]naiy Sakauri[m. .]t[u]nuvatam zura akunavam martiya hamata66. khsata mana v(i)thi[ya a]vam ubartam a[ba]ram hya viyana[sa]ya ava ufrasta67. m aparsam LXIV. thatiy Darayavaus khSayathiya tuvam [ka] khsayathiya 68. hya aparam ahy martiya [hya] draujana ahatiy hyava [zu]rakara[. . J ahat