THE MEDIAN AND THE CYROPAEDIA OF XENOPHON. 



11 



The Defeat of Astyages Cyrus. 



From a cylinder of Nabonidus, King of Babylon, 555-538 B.C. 



[Brit. Mus., No. 82-7-14, 1025). 



Reproduced from First Steps in Assyrian, L. W. King, M.A. By 

 permission of George Routledge and Sons, Ltd. 



Mdrduk bltu su - a - tim sa 



Marduk : "That temple which 



t!^ t:]]j^ t.]} ^y^ M ^} « ^yy 



tak - hu - u € - pi - su a-melu Umman-vian - da, 



thou commandest to build, the Scythian 



.Si. ty "i^- M 



- hi - ir - sum - via pu - ug - gu - lu 



infests it and mighty is 



:.y;^tyyy^y^ jy .6, .>f <;:^^y ^y t^^yyy^yy^ 



- mu - ga - a-lu^ Marduk - ma i - ia - mo.- a 



his strength." But 'Marduk spake 



^y-y<tEy} K^^H<^y V t^^-^yyy^r 



it - ti - la '^"^^^^ Umman-man-da tak - bu - u 



unto me : "The Scythian of whom thou speakest, 



^7. w yf ^y V ^y <ym r 



sa - a - su mati-^lu u iarrani 



he, his land,, and the kings, 



1. 1. e , vii-itk-ku ln e-mii-ka-a-sn. 



