The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1847-06-15


round the Magian, until ! arrived Their
| abode in the worship of Ormuzd; Or
muzd brought help to me. On the 10th
day of the month Bagayadish l slew the
Magian the chef men who were his fol.
lowers. BY the grace of Ormuzd be.
came king; Ormuzd granted me the
sceptre.'
He then says, he established his race
on the throne, as in days of DID, prohibit.
ed the sacrifcial worship introduced by
the Magian, and restored the old families
to office, all of which was accomplished
by the aid of Ormuzd. The people OF
Susiana and Babylon then became rebel
ious. He slew the leader of the former.
Says Darius the King:-Then l pro-
ceeded to Babylon against that Malta
brius, who was called Nabokhadresser
lNebuchadnezzar.) The forces of Natl
tabirus held the Tigris; there they had
come and they had boats. Then placed
detachment on RATS. brought the
enemy into difficulty; l assaulted The en-
emy's position. Ormuzd brought help to
me; by the grace of Ormuzd / succeeded
in passing the Tigris Then l entirely
defeated the army of that Natitabrus. On
the 9th day of the month of Atriyata,
then it was that we fought
Darius then continued his march to
Babylon, where he was met By the army
of Natitabrius; he gave him battle and
defeated him, driving his army into the
water. He then took Babylon. 1t would
appear, from what this monarch relates,
that he had pretty rebellious set of sub
jects. who took advantage of his absence
at Babylon. The inscription continue:
Says Darius the King = While was
at Babylon, these are the countries that
revolted against me Persia, Susiana,
Media, Assyria, Armenia, Sattagydia and
Sacia.'
He then gives the names of the rcbell-
io,Is leaders and of the officers sent to SUBJ
jugate them the forts, villages or cities
where battles were fought; the day ofthe
month when they took place, and the re-
suit, IN every case, by the help of Ormuzd
One example will suffice After speaking
OF the revolt Of Armenia, the inscription
continues:
Says Darius the King Then Dadar-
ses by name, all Armenian, one of my
servants, him | sent to Armenia. thus
said TO him: Greeting to thee, the rebel
state that does not obey me smite it,
Then Dadarses marched. When he reach
ed Armenia, then the rebels having col
lected came beforeDadarses arraying their
battle -- by name, village of Arme-
MIA, there they engaged Ormuzd brought
help TO me; by the grace of Ormuzd nv
forces entirely defeated that rebel army.
On the Sth Of the month Thurawahara,
then 1t was battle was fought by them
In this manner we have the whole his
tory of thesreign of Darius, King of Pei
STA, who filled the throne $50 B. C., And
it may be truly said that no monument of
remote antiquity, which has been preserv-
ed to modern times, at all equals it in i'm
Portance. The inscriptions of Egypt are
far more ancient, but consist of fragments
which, excepting the tables of kings do
not throw much light on history Nothing
is more interesting, in the details given
by the Persian King of his success, than
his acknowledgment of an oyerruing pow
err, Supreme Being, who protected him
and aided him i'll all his battles. From
the closing part of this remarkable tablet, |
which consists of twenty paragraphs, we
select the following:
Says Darius the King This is what
| have done, By the grace of Ormuzd,
have archieved the Performance of the
whole. Thou whoever hereafter may pc
ruse this tablet let it be known to thee,
that which has been done by me, that it
has not been falsely related.
Says Darius the King :-Ormuzd is my
witness, that this record have faithfully
made ofthe performance ofthe whole
Says Darius the King BY the grace
of Ormuzd there is much else that has
been done by me that upon this tablet has
not been inscribed. - If thou |
publish this tablet to the world, Ormuzd |
shall be friend to thee, and may thy off |
springs be numerous.
Says Darius the King If thou shalt
conceal this record thou shalt not myself |
be recorded: may Ormuzd be thy enemy,
and may thou be chidless.
Says Darius the King AS long as
thou maycst behold this tablet and these |
figures, thou mayes not dishonor them;
and if from injury you preserve them, may
Ormuzd be 4 friend of thee, and thy of: |
springs be numerous, and mayest thou be
long lived and that which thou mayest do |
may Ormuzd bless for thee in after times.
The great inscription from which we
have made these extracts is sculptured in
thee languages, and in three different
forms of the arrow-headed character, the
particulars of which have been stated
There are few imperfections and cracks
in the stone, which make certain words
and sentences unintelligible these will be
corrected when the other two inscriptions
are dechyphered. In the midst of these
records is piece of sculpture in relief,
Darius followed by two of
his officers, with his foot upon man,