Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . ises with regard to the much-discussed wordbeginning with v^ in the middle of the line. The latter part ofthe word is mutilated, but my memoranda show that we mustaccept two letters after -his. The latter I have marked as apparently a, the former I noted at first as illegible, butadded afterwards, probably right as <5. This shows the bearingof Rawlinsons extremely doubtful as regards the c at photograph which I took of the first part of the wordv0bis. d is interesting as show
Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . ises with regard to the much-discussed wordbeginning with v^ in the middle of the line. The latter part ofthe word is mutilated, but my memoranda show that we mustaccept two letters after -his. The latter I have marked as apparently a, the former I noted at first as illegible, butadded afterwards, probably right as <5. This shows the bearingof Rawlinsons extremely doubtful as regards the c at photograph which I took of the first part of the wordv0bis. d is interesting as showing that there is no i insertedeither before or after the 0. This is a matter of importance forfuture reference. I am not unmindful of the various dis-cussions of this word in the journals—the most recent beingthat of Gray, JAOS. 23. 66-60. Regarding obi- or abd-of abioariS, I unfortunately find on returning to America that Ihad made no special memorandum, but my inference from theabsence of a note is that the text stands as first given by Raw- lir* * * <w ^. 4 * r # f ff * *4 4 ^ f 1 1* *-^<. #. Photograph ov a Section of thk Ixsckiptiox of Dakius, Behistan 1. lJl-71(Taken up on the ledge) u S \ X .V rl y \ a V a \ a d a m \ p a t (7 \ p a r u V a m a i m a g u s \ V i y a k a \ niyamcd\ a r a m \ g a 0 (v) a ^ ^ the r a m a z d a h a | i m a \ _ ^ , a X a m \ g (1 9 v a o s, I V a ^8 n a \ a u r a ^^ ? naiy\pardhara\ COLLATING THE CUNEIFORM TEXT 197 linson (a6i-) and also by Weissbach and Bang, because I hadthe latter volume with me on the rock and should probablyhave recorded a variation if there had been one. Bh. 1. 66: my memoranda and snapshot photographs ofportions of 1. 66 show that this line stands as given in theaccepted text, excepting the c in pdrsamcd and the final mcdof mdda\mcd]. But this is a matter of minor snapshots also help to assure the accuracy of severalother words in 11. 65-70 ; I only wish I had taken more photo-graphs, d
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