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Old Persian
𐎱𐎿𐎠𐎺 𐏓 𐎠𐎭𐎶 𐏓 𐎠𐎢𐎼(55)𐎶𐏀𐎭𐎠𐎶 𐏓 𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎹𐎠𐎺𐏃𐎹𐎡𐎹 𐏓 𐎠𐎢𐎼𐎶𐏀𐎭𐎠𐎶𐎡𐎹 𐏓 𐎢𐎱𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎶 𐏓 𐎠𐎲𐎼 𐏓 𐎲𐎠𐎥𐎹𐎠𐎭𐎡𐏁 𐏓 (56) 𐎶𐎠𐏃𐎹𐎠 𐏓 𐏓 𐏓 𐎼𐎢𐎨𐎲𐎡𐏁 𐏓 𐎰𐎣𐎫𐎠 𐏓 𐎠𐏃 𐏓 𐎠𐎺𐎰𐎠 𐏓 𐎠𐎭𐎶 𐏓 𐏃𐎭𐎠 𐏓 𐎣𐎶𐎴𐎡𐎲𐎡𐏁 𐏓 𐎶𐎼𐎫𐎡𐎹𐎡𐎲𐎡(57)𐏁 𐏓 𐎠𐎺𐎶 𐏓 𐎥𐎢𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎶 𐏓 𐎫𐎹𐎶 𐏓 𐎶𐎦𐎢𐎶 𐏓 𐎠𐎺𐎠𐏃𐎴𐎶 𐏓 𐎢𐎫𐎠 𐏓 𐎫𐎹𐎡𐏁𐎡𐎹 𐏓 𐎳𐎼𐎫𐎶𐎠 𐏓 𐎶𐎼(58)𐎫𐎡𐎹𐎠 𐏓 𐎠𐎵𐎢𐏁𐎡𐎹𐎠 𐏓 𐎠𐏃𐎫𐎠 𐏓 𐎿𐎡𐎣𐎹𐎢𐎺𐎫𐎡𐏁 𐏓 𐎴𐎠𐎶𐎠 𐏓 𐎮𐎡𐎭𐎠 𐏓 𐎴𐎡𐎿𐎠𐎹 𐏓 𐎴𐎠(59)𐎶𐎠 𐏓 𐎭𐏃𐎹𐎠𐎢𐏁 𐏓 𐎶𐎠𐎭𐎡𐎹 𐏓 𐎠𐎺𐎭𐏁𐎡𐎶 𐏓 𐎠𐎺𐎠𐎩𐎴𐎶 𐏓 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶𐏁𐎡𐎶 𐏓 𐎠𐎭𐎶 𐏓 𐎠𐎮𐎡𐎴𐎶 𐏓 𐎺(60)𐏁𐎴𐎠 𐏓 𐎠𐎢𐎼𐎶𐏀𐎭𐎠𐏃 𐏓 𐎠𐎭𐎶 𐏓 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏓 𐎠𐎲𐎺𐎶 𐏓 𐎠𐎢-𐎼𐎶𐏀𐎭𐎠 𐏓 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶 𐏓 𐎶𐎴𐎠 𐏓 𐎳𐎼(61)𐎠𐎲𐎼 𐏓
Old Persian norm., 6th c. B.C. I §15
1.54-61: pasāva adam *Auramazdām patiyāvahạyaiy Auramazdāmaiy upastām abara Bāgayādaiš māhạyā X raucabiš θakatā āha avaθā adam hadā kamnaibiš martiyaibiš avam Gaumātam tayam magum avājanam utā tayaišaiy fratamā martiyā anušiyā āhatā Sikayauvatiš nāmā didā Nisāya nāmā dahạyāuš Mādaiy avadašim avājanam xšaçamšim adam adīnam vašnā Auramazdāha adam xšāyaθiya abavam Auramazdā xšaçam manā frābara
English, Sharp
After that, I sought the help of Ahuramazda, Ahuramazda bore me aid. 10 days of the month Bagayadish were past, then I, with a few men, killed that Gaumâta, the Magus, and those who were his foremost supporters. (There is) a fortress, by name Sikayauvatish, (in) a district, by name Nisaya, in Media, there I killed him, I deprived him of the kingdom. By the favour of Ahuramazda I became King. Ahuramazda bestowed the kingdom on me.
Elamite, Saber Amiri § 12b
12b. [me-ni dišu2 du]-ra-maš-da pat2-ti-ia-man-ia-a du-ra-maš-da pi-ik-ti dišu2 ta2-iš za-u-mi-in du-ra-maš-da-na 1(u) dna-an [dITI-MEŠ d]ba-gi-ia-ti-iš-na pi-ir-ka4 hi zi2-la dišRUH-MEŠ ha#-ri-ki-ip i-ta2-ka4 dišu2 diškam-ma-ad-da ak-ka4 dišma-[ku-iš ir] hal-pi-ia ku-ut-ta2 dišRUH-MEŠ ap-pa ha-tar-ri-man-nu da-[mi] hu-pa-ip-pi i-ta2-ka4 hu-ma-nu-iš ši-ik-ki-u2-ma-ti-iš hi-še nu-iš-ša2-ia hi-še da-a-ia-u2-iš dišma#-da-pe3-ik-ki ha-mi ir hal-pi-ia dišLUGAL-me dišu2 e-mi du-[ma za-u]-mi-in du-ra-maš-da-na dišu2 dišLUGAL-me hu-ut-ta2 du-[ra]-maš-da dišLUGAL-me dišu2 du-ni-iš
English from Elamite, Saber Amiri §
After that I prayed to Ahuramazda. Ahuramazda sent me aid. (By) the intercession of Ahuramazda, 10 days of month Bakeyatiš had passed, thus with a few men I killed Gaumata Magus and his accompanying men, his foremost followers, in a fortress, Shikkaumatiš by name, (in) Nušaya by name, a district in Media, there I killed him and I took away his kingship. (By) the intercession of Ahuramazda, I held kingship. Ahuramazda gave me the kingship.
Akkadian line 22-24
ar2-ki ana-ku ana du2-ri-mi-iz-da uṣ-ṣal-la du2-ri-mi-iz-da is-se-dan-nu GISSU ša2 du2-ri-mi-iz-da (23) UD 1(u)-KAM ša2 ITI DU6 ad-du-uk it-ti LU2 DUMU-DU3-MEŠ i-ṣu-tu a-na dišgu-ma-a-tu2 a-ga-šu-u ma-gu-šu2 [u] LU2 DUMU-DU3-MEŠ ša2 it-ti-šu2 ina IRI si-ku-u2-ba-at-ti-i' ina kurni-is-sa-a-a MU-šu2 ina kurma-da-a-a (24) ina lib3-bi ana-ku ad-du-uk-šu2 LUGAL-u2-tu e-ki-im ina GISSU ša2 du2-ri-mi-iz-da ana-ku a-na LUGAL at-tur du2-ri-mi-iz-da LUGAL-u2-tu ana-ku it-tan-nu
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