it was placed by the first Essay of Rawlinson. The comparison of a few passages, taken almost at random, will enable the reader to appreciate the position the study had reached in 1851.[838] The first lines of the inscription are rendered thus by Rawlinson, De Saulcy and Bezold. PARAGRAPH I. _Raw._ X Ha Kha ma ni s a melek[839] _De S._ A Kh m n s ah sar(?) _Bez._ _ᵐ_a ḫa ma ni iš ’ šarru _Raw._ (—) (—) x Par sa i melek _De S._ sar i ? F(ar) s i sar _Bez._ par -sa -a-a šarru _Raw._ X Par su X Da ri ya sar melek _De S._ ? F(ar) s D r ia s sar _Bez._ par su _ᵐ_ da ri i’a muš šarru _Raw._ ki ha m i gab bi at t u a ab u a _De S._ r a m i t b at t ou a at ou a _Bez._ Ki a am i gab bi at tu u a abu u a _Raw._ X Vas ta s’ pi abi sa X Vas ta s pi _De S._ Is t s p at s Is t s p _Bez._ _ᵐ_ uš ta az pi abu ša _ᵐ_ uš ta az pi PARAGRAPH II. _Raw._ X Ar ya ra m n ’a abi sa _De S._ ar ia r m n ah at s _Bez._ _ᵐ_ ar i’a-ra am na ’ abu ša _Raw._ X ar ya ra m n a X Si s pi s _De S._ ar ia r m n ah Ch s p s _Bez._ _ᵐ_ ar i’a ra am na ’ _ᵐ_ ši i pi iš _Raw._ abi sa X si s pi s X Ha kha ma ni s a _De S._ at s Ch s p s A kh m n s a _Bez._ abu ša _ᵐ_ ši iš pi iš _ᵐ_ a ḫa ma ni iš ’ _Raw._ X Da ri ya sar melek ki ha m i gab bi _De S._ D r ia s sar r a m i ts b _Bez._ ᵐ da ri i’a muš šarru ki a am i gab bi _Raw._ a n eb(?) bi ha g a _De S._ a n k m a d a _Bez._ a na lib bi a ga a PARAGRAPH III. _Raw._ ha ga ni ul tu abu t (—) _De S._ a d n s t at t Nin _Bez._ a ni ni ul tu abu u(?) zeru _Raw._ u ni Melik iv? su n _De S._ ou n sar i ou n _Bez._ ú ni šarru (_pl._) šu nu _Raw._ X Da ri ya sar melek ki ha m _De S._ D r ia s sar r a m _Bez._ _ᵐ_ da ri i’a muš šarru ki a am _Raw._ i gab bi VIII as eb(?) (—) ya _De S._ i ts b VIII B k (kim) Nin ia _Bez._ i gab bi VIII ina libbu zeru i’a _Raw._ at t u a as pa na t u a melik ut _De S._ at t ou a B F n t ou a sar t _Bez._ at tu u a ina pa na tu u a šarru tu _Raw._ i t ip su _De S._ i t kh ou(?) _Bez._ i te ip šu The passage is thus translated by the three scholars: