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army; Vidarna* by name, a Persian, my subject him I made chief of them*; 
thus I said to them; go smite that Median army which does not call it¬ 
self mine; afterwards this Vidarna with the army went away; when he 
came to Media.there (is) a town in Media.by name — here 
he engaged in battle with the Medes; he who was the chief among the 
Medes did not then hold (the army) faithful ?; Anramazda bore me aid; 
by the grace of Anramazda the army of Vidarna smote that rebellious 
army utterly; on the 6th day of the month Anamaka then it was the bat¬ 
tle (was) thus fought by them; afterwards my army—there (is) a region 
Ka(m)pada by name — there awaited me until I went to Media. 
7. Says Darius the king afterwards Dadarsis by name, an Armenian,, 
my subject, him I sent forth to Armenia; thus I said to him; go, the re¬ 
bellious army which does not call itself mine smite it; afterwards Dad- 
arsis went away; when he came to Armenia, afterwards the rebellious 
ones having come together went against Dadarsis to engage in battle 
.a village.by name in Armenia; here they engaged in bat¬ 
tle; Auramazda bore me aid; by the grace of Auramazda my army smote 
that rebellious army utterly; on the 6th day of the month Thuravahara 
then it was thus the battle (was) fought by them. 
8. Says Darius the king a second time the rebellious ones having* 
come together went against Dadarsis to engage in battle; there (is) a 
stronghold, Tigra by name, in Armenia — here they engaged in battle: 
Auramazda bore me aid; by the grace of Auramazda, my army smote 
that rebellious army utterly; cn the 18th day of the month, Thuravahara 
then it was the battle (was) thus fought by them. 
9. Says Darius the king a third time the rebellious ones having come 
together went against Dadarsis to engage in battle; there (is) a strong¬ 
hold, U.ama by name, in Armenia — here they engaged in battle; 
Auramazda bore me aid; by the grace of Auramazda my army smote 
that rebellious army utterly; on the 9th day of the month, Thaigarcis 
then it was thus the battle (was) fought by them; afterwards Dadarsis 
awaited me until I came to Media. 
10. Says Darius the king afterwards Vaumisa by name, a Persian, my 
subject, him I sent forth to Armenia ; thus I said to him; go, the rebell¬ 
ious army which does not call itself mine, smite it; afterwards Vaumisa. 
went away; when he came to Armenia afterwards, the rebellious ones 
having come together went against Vaumisa to engage in battle; there 
(is) a region,.by name, in Assyria— here they engaged in battle; 
Auramazda bore me aid; by the grace of Auramazda my army smote 
* A nominative in apposition with an accusative. This weak syntax is common to the Old 
Iranian languages. Artificially the construction can be explained by supplying asti is and 
repeating the idea in the form of a pronoun. The boldest case is in III. 2. fraishayam 
dadarshish I sent forth Dadarsis , the nominativejbeing used apparently as an object. For 
a fuller discussion of the subject the reader is referred to my Old Persian Grammar 61, a,. 
notes, 2. 
