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Old Persian
𐎰𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹 𐏓 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 𐏓 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏓 𐎱(36)𐎿𐎠𐎺 𐏓 𐏑 𐎶𐎼𐎫𐎡𐎹 𐏓 𐎶𐎦𐎢𐏁 𐏓 𐎠𐏃 𐏓 𐎥𐎢𐎶𐎠𐎫 𐏓 𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏓 𐏃𐎢𐎺 𐏓 𐎢𐎭𐎱𐎫𐎫𐎠 𐏓 𐏃𐎨𐎠 𐏓 𐎱𐎡𐏁𐎡(37)𐎹𐎠𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎭𐎠𐎹 𐏓 𐎠𐎼𐎣𐎭𐎼𐎡𐏁 𐏓 𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏓 𐎣𐎢𐎳 𐏓 𐏃𐎨𐎠 𐏓 𐎠𐎺𐎭𐏁 𐏓 𐎻𐎡𐎹𐎧𐎴𐏃𐎹 𐏓 𐎶𐎠𐏃(38)𐎹𐎠 𐏓 𐏓𐏒𐏒 𐏓 𐎼𐎢𐎨𐎲𐎡𐏁 𐏓 𐎰𐎣𐎫𐎠 𐏓 𐎠𐏃 𐏓 𐎹𐎮𐎡𐎹 𐏓 𐎢𐎭𐎱𐎫𐎫𐎠 𐏓 𐏃𐎢𐎺 𐏓 𐎣𐎠𐎼𐏃𐎹𐎠 𐏓 𐎠𐎺𐎰𐎠 (39) 𐏓 𐎠𐎯𐎢𐎽𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹 𐏓 𐎠𐎭𐎶 𐏓 𐎲𐎼𐎮𐎡𐎹 𐏓 𐎠𐎷𐎡𐎹 𐏓 𐏃𐎹 𐏓 𐎤𐎢𐎼𐎢𐏁 𐏓 𐎱𐎢𐏂 𐏓 𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹𐏃𐎹𐎠 𐏓 𐎲𐎼(40)𐎠𐎫𐎠 𐏓
Old Persian norm., 6th c. B.C. I §11
1.35-40: θātiy Dārayavauš xšāyaθiya *pasāva I martiya āha Gaumāta nāma hauv udapatatā hacā *Paišiyāuvādāyā Arakadriš nāma kaufa hacā avadaša Viyaxanahạyā māhạyā XIV raucabiš θakatā āha yadiy udapatatā hauv kārahạyā avaθā adurujiya adam Bạrdiya amiy haya Kurauš puça Kabūjiyahạyā brātā
English, Sharp
After that, there was one man, a Magus, Gaumâta by name; he rose up from Paishiyâuvâdâ. (There is) a mountain, by name Arakadrish - from there, 14 days of the month Viyakhna were past, when he rose up. He lied to the people thus: "I am Smerdis, the son of Cyrus, the brother of Cambyses."
Elamite, Saber Amiri §
a-ak [me-ni dišru-uh ki]-ir dišma-ku-iš diškam-ma-ad-da hi-še hu-pir2-ri na-aš2-e#-[ir-ma] KUR-MEŠ ha-rak-ka4-tar-ri-iš hi-še ha-mi i-[ma-ka4 1(u) 4(diš) dna-an dITI]-MEŠ dmi-kan2-na-iš-na pi-ir-ka4 hi [zi2]-la i-ma-ka4 hu-pir2-ri dištaš-šu-ip2 dišap ir ti-tuk-ka4 na-an-ri dišu2 dišbir3-ti-[ia dišku-raš2 ša2-ak-ri] diškan2-bu-zi2-ia diši-gi-[ri] ma-ra
English from Elamite, Saber Amiri §
And then, a man, a Magus Gaumata by name, he, from Naširma, a mountain, Harakkatarriš by name, from there 14 days of month Mikannaš had passed, thus (he) rose up. He lied to the people: I am Smerdis, Cyrus the son, Cambyses the brother.
Akkadian line 15-16
ar2-ki diš-en LU2 kurma-da-a-a dišgu-ma-a-tu2 ma-gu-ša2 šu-u2 it-ba-am-ma ul-tu kurpi-ši-i'-hu-ma-du kura-ra-a'-ka-ad-ri-i' KUR-u2 MU-šu2 il-tu lib3-bi U4 1(u) 4(diš)-KAM ša2 ITI ŠE šu-u-a-na (16) u2!-qu! i-par-ra-aṣ um-ma a-na-ku dišbar-zi-ia2 DUMU-šu2 ša2 dišku-ra-aš2 LUGAL ša2 kurpar-su ŠEŠ TUR ša2 diškam-bu-zi-ia2
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