read ‘aqunuch’ = ‘generator,’ really ‘ak’unaush,’ ‘to make,’ and read by Grotefend ‘florentem.’[418] The word Grotefend translated ‘Dominus’ he rendered ‘this is,’ and suggested the possibility of its being ‘I am,’ which turned out to be its correct meaning. Besides these contributions, he recognised the demonstrative pronoun ‘this’ (_aim_ for _avam_, ‘ce’); and he added the words ‘heaven,’ ‘man,’ ‘master,’ ‘province,’ ‘world,’ and some others.[419] The great improvement in translation that resulted will be best appreciated by a comparison. The text of the first paragraph in the Hamadan inscription, translated by Burnouf, is word for word the same as that of the Le Bruyn (No. 131) translated by Grotefend, except that ‘Darius’ in the former is ‘Xerxes’ in the latter. We have placed the translation of Burnouf opposite that of Grotefend. PARAGRAPH I _Grotefend, Le Bruyn 131_[420] _Burnouf, Hamadan, Darius O_[421] Pius probus[422] Oromasdis cultor L’être divin [est] Ormuzd hanc constellationem sanctam il le Homa excellent et hunc diem a donné; il ce coelestem et illum defunctum ciel a donné; il l’homme eumque lumine fulgentem a donné; il la nourriture et defuncti [filium] a donné à l’homme; hunc Xerxem regem il Darius roi florentem summum a engendré ce quorumlibet regem des braves roi, summum quorumlibet ce des braves amplificet chef. _Paraphrase of above_[423] _Correct Version of Inscr. O_[424] Ormuzd [est] l’être divin; Great God is Ormuzd il a donné le Homa excellent: who this earth created, il a donné le ciel: who that heaven created, il a donné l’homme: who man created, il a donné la nourriture who happiness has created à l’homme: il a engendré for man: who has made Darius roi, Darius king, ce roi des braves, the one king of many, ce chef the one Lord des braves. of many. PARAGRAPH II _Grotefend_ _Burnouf_ Dominus Ceci est Xerxes rex Darius roi fortis rex divin roi regum des rois rex populorum Roi des provinces quorumlibet purorum rex qui produisent les braves, roi collegii puri du monde excellent probi vi divin redoubtable maxima [praediti] Darii protecteur, de Goshtasp stirps mundi rectoris Djemschidis fils, Achéménide _Paraphrase of above_ _Correct Version of Inscription O_