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43. çam \ agarbâyatâ \ pasâva \ Kabûjiya \ uvâmaršiyuš \ amariyatâ \  [12]  thâtiy
44. \ Dârayavauš \ xšâyathiya \ aita \ xšaçam \ tya \ Gaumâta \ hya \ maguš \ adîn
45. â \ Kabûjiyam \ aita \ xšaçam \ hacâ \ paruviyata \ amâxam \ taumâyâ \ â
46. ha \ pasâva \ Gaumâta \ hya \ adînâ \ Kabûjiyam \ utâ \ Pârsam \ utâ
47. \ Mâdam \ utâ \ aniyâ \ dahyâva \ hauv \ âyasatâ \ uvâpašiyam \ akutâ \ hau
48. v \ xšâyathiya \ abava \  [13a]  thâtiy \ Dârayavauš \ xšâyathiya \ naiy \ âha \ martiya \
49. naiy \ Pârsa \ naiy \ Mâda \ naiy \ amâxam \ taumâyâ \ kašciy \ hya \ avam \ Gau
50. mâtam \ tyam \ magum \ xšaçam \ dîtam \ caxriyâ \ kârašim \ hacâ \ daršam \ a
51. tarsa \ kâram \ vasiy \ avâjaniyâ \ hya \ paranam \ Bardiyam \ adânâ \ avahyar
52. âdiy \ kâram \ avâjaniyâ \ mâtyamâm \ xšnâsâtiy \ tya \ adam \ naiy \ Bard
53. iya \ amiy \ hya \ Kûrauš \ puça \ kašciy \  [13b]  naiy \ adaršnauš \ cišciy \  thastana

[12]  King Darius says:  The kingdom of which Gaumâta, the Magian, dispossessed Cambyses, had always belonged to our dynasty.  After that Gaumâta, the Magian, had dispossessed Cambyses of Persia and Media, and of the other provinces, he did according to his will.  He became king.

[13a]  King Darius says:  There was no man, either Persian or Mede or of our own dynasty, who took the kingdom from Gaumâta, the Magian.  The people feared him exceedingly, for he slew many who had known the real Smerdis.^*  For this reason did he slay them, "that they may not know that I am not Smerdis,^* the son of Cyrus."

12. (1.43-48.)  Darius the King says:  This kingdom which Gaumata the Magian took away from Cambyses, this kingdom from long ago had belonged to our family.  After that, Gaumata the Magian took (it) from Cambyses;  he took to himself both Persia and Medea and the other provinces, he made (them) his own possession, he became king.

13a. (1.48-53.)  Darius the King says:  There was not a man, neither a Persian nor a Mede nor anyone of our family, who might make that Gaumata the Magian deprived of the kingdom.  The people feared him greatly, (thinking that) he would slay in numbers the people who previously had known Smerdis;^*  for this reason he would slay the people, "lest they know me, that I am not Smerdis ^* the son of Cyrus."