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is to be found on the surface of the wall at the entrance, 
(Plate XLVI.) and it runs thus : 
“ Darius the brave king, the king of kings, the king of nations, 
the son of Hystaspes, the descendant of the sovereign of the 
world, in the constellation of Moro.” 
In the second it runs thus: 
“ Darius the lord, the brave king, the king of kings, the 
king of all zealous (orthodox) nations, the son of Hystaspes, 
the descendant of the sovereign of the world, Jemsheed.” 
The latter part of this inscription leads me back to my former 
argument, that Shem was the patriarch Jemsheed; whose son 
Elam gave his name to the country, while the more venerable 
one of his father, was perpetuated in the successive dynasties of 
his race, even till Yezdijird, the last king of the line, who perished 
under the arms of the caliphs, in comparatively modern times. 
When the Professor has completely decyphered the remaining 
parts of these inscriptions, it is probable we shall then be 
decidedly informed of what the whole of the sculptures connected 
with them are designed to commemorate. But having read 
these writings on the walls of Persepolis, we can no more doubt 
of the decorations, at least in this part of the palace, having been 
done under the direction of Darius Plystaspes, than, after decy¬ 
phering the name of Cyrus on the pillars at Mourg-aub, we can 
hesitate in believing that he was the founder of the city to 
which they belonged. 
On ascending the platform on which the palace of Chehel- 
minar once stood, nothing can be more striking than the 
view of its ruins ; so vast, and magnificent, so fallen, mutilated 
and silent: the court of Cyrus, and the scene of his bounties; 
