Inscriptions on the Monuments of the Achcemenides. 
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3. Says Darius the king these IX kings I seized within these battles. 
4. Says Darius the king these (are) the provinces which became re¬ 
bellious; a lie made them* * * § ... .that these deceived the state; afterwards 
Auramazda made them in my hand; as desire (moved) me, thus..... 
5. Says Darius the king O thou who wilt be king in the future, pro¬ 
tect thyself strongly from deceit; whatever man will be a deceiver, him 
punish well (lit. him well punished punish, Cf.. I. 8), if thus thou shalt 
think “ may my country be firm.” 
6. Says Darius the king this (is) what I did; by the grace of Aura¬ 
mazda I did (it) wholly in (my) way;| O though who shalt examine this 
inscription in the future, let it convince thee (as to) what (was) done by 
me; do not deceived thyself. 
7. Says Darius the king Auramazda (is) a witness? that this (is) true 
(and) not false (which) I did wholly in my own way.J 
8. Says Darius the king by the grace of Auramazda. 
(what) else (was) done by me to a great extent, that (is) not inscribed on 
this inscription; for this reason it (is) not inscribed lest whoever will 
examine this inscription in the future.it may 
not convince him (as to) what (was) don6 by me (and) he may think (it) 
false. § 
9. Says Darius the king who were the former kings, by these nothing 
(was) done to a great extent as (was) performed || wholly by me though 
the grace of Auramazda. 
10. Says Darius the king.let it convince thee (as to) what 
(was) done by me; thus.for this reason do not 
hide (this monument); if thou shalt not hide this monument (but) tell 
(it) to the state, may Auramazda be a friend to thee and may there be to 
thee a family abundantly and live thou long. 
11. Says Darius the king if thou shalt hide this monument (and) not 
tell (it) to the state, may Auramazda be a smiter to thee and may there 
not be to thee a family. 
12. Says Darius the king this (is) what I did wholly in (my) way;^[ by 
the grace of Auramazda I did (it); Auramazda bore me aid and the other 
gods which are. 
13. Says Darius the king for this reason Auramazda bore me aid and 
the other gods which are, because I was not an enemy, I was not a de¬ 
ceiver, I was not a despot.family above law, above 
* Perhaps we can supply with Spiegel hamitriya a lie made them rebellious . 
t Cf. IV. 2. 
t Cf. IV. 2. 
§ Although much has become obliterated yet we have enough to enable us to gain the 
sense of the passage. The idea is: should I write the memorial of all my achievements, 
they would be so many that men would lose faith in the testimony of this stone. 
II Cf. IV. 2. but here tharda fails to appear. 
II Cf. IV. 2. 
