𐎰(9)𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹 𐏓 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 𐏓 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏓 𐏒𐏒𐏒𐏒 𐏓 𐎶𐎴𐎠 𐏓 𐎫𐎢𐎶𐎠𐎹𐎠 𐏓 𐎫𐎹𐎡𐎹 𐏓 𐎱𐎽𐎢𐎺𐎶 (10) 𐏓 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹𐎠 𐏓 𐎠𐏃 𐏓 𐎠𐎭𐎶 𐏓 𐎴𐎺𐎶 𐏓 𐏒𐏒𐏒𐏒𐏑 𐏓 𐎯𐎢𐎻𐎡𐎫𐎠𐎱𐎼𐎴𐎶 𐏓 𐎺𐎹𐎶 𐏓 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡(11)𐎹𐎠 𐏓 𐎠𐎶𐏃𐎹 𐏓

1.8-11: θātiy Dārayavauš xšāyaθiya VIII manā taumāyā tayaiy paruvam xšāyaθiyā āha adam navama IX duvitāparanam vayam xšāyaθiyā amahạy

Darius the King says: 8 (there were) of my family, who were formerly kings; I (am) the ninth; 9 in succession we have been kings.

4. a-ak ^dišda-ri-ia-ma-[u]-iš ^dišLUGAL na-an-ri 8(diš) ^dišLUGAL-ip ^dišNUMUN-MEŠ ^dišu₂-ni-na ap-pu-ka₄ ^dišLUGAL-me mar-ri-iš ^dišu₂ 9(diš)-u₂-[me-ma ^dišLUGAL-me] hu-ut-ta₂ ša₂-ma-ak-mar ^dišnu-ku ^dišLUGAL-ip-u₂-ut

And Darius the king says: 8 kings in my family held kingship before me. I held the 9th kingship. One after the other, we were kings.

^dišda-ri-ia-muš LUGAL ki-a-am i-qab-bi 8(diš) ina ŠA₃ NUMUN-ia at-tu-u-a ina pa-na-tu-u-a LUGAL-tu i-te-ep-šu₂ (4) 9(diš)-KAM ana-ku 9 LUGAL-MEŠ ša₂ NUMUN da-ru-u₂ a-ni-ni