AND MORDECAI. 
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copied this inscription, with those round the edges of the wooden 
tombs, and afterwards translated them from the original Hebrew 
into Persian, 
blow) rrbx on rsbpo ■jpDfa p*73? ’377P be jvb? pfb op*p o*nf> od 
T#m P3D bf>7D’ 03 
on P3D3 rvniTX PJD3 ■JPOl'M ’37 lYS P713p pf) fan? b)7J ]p*P 0J1 
COD jrp q'&x P3D obiJP bo 03*D’3 )Dp3P3D 7DV» OOD U'^' p I^DPO 
mqjn nm nban mabo ttnaba fban osba ns 1 ’anai 
nnaen nbnx jbw Tym joaixi pa “piani nbnaan ? 
: nnaun nbm nnom mix nmn min' 1 ? 
nnx ■» "b max : id won ’a bx maw -mb anaa 
'ssn bo thni nan pxa "iwx D'w-jpV : -[•'by ba \naia 
bai ana Dn’ODa "pox ba nna nnx nmasj? iot : aa 
-paw nnx 'Dial 'pbn nao ■>"’: wsw by amaw nx xwx 
-piax : 'by ms® nbna ^x D'ayaa ’b ibsa D’ban : 'bna 
naab ” wnw : wvba w mb’b *]X axjn nm " nx 
*|x niaa ban rob now )ab : aiax ba wava 'a Tan 
•pan )nn xb bixwb 'wsa awn xb ’a : naab pun nwa 
■pas nx mnaw yyter a v n mx vmn : nnw mxib 
: raa -jawa mow 
The English of these writings, is as follows: 
Hebrew Inscription* on a Marble Slab in the Sepulchre 
and Mordecai. 
“ Mordecai, beloved and honoured by a king, was great and 
good. His garments were as those of a sovereign. Ahasuerus 
covered him with this rich dress, and also placed a golden chain 
of Esther 
