B.—TABLE SHOWING THE TRUE VALUES OF OLD PERSIAN LETTERS, AND THE AUTHOR AND DATE OF THEIR DECIPHERMENT.

C.—TABLE SHOWING THE VALUES GIVEN TO EACH SIGN OF THE SUSIAN (MEDIAN) SYLLABARY.

APPENDIX A
TABLE SHOWING VALUES ASSIGNED TO THE LETTERS OF THE OLD PERSIAN ALPHABET

Niebuhr Alphabet Tychsen, 1798 Münter, 1800 Grotefend, 1803-1815 St. Martin, 1823-1832 Rask, 1826 Burnouf, 1836 Lassen, 1836 Grotefend, 1837 Beer, 1838 Jacquet, 1838 Lassen, 1844 Hincks, June 1846 Rawlinson, before August 1846 Rawlinson, after August 1846 Hincks, Dec. 1846
1 Defective 1
2 𐏐 Sign of Separation Sign of Separation 2
3 ě r e e 3
4 𐎣 l, ě p e e k k e k k k k before a & i k 4
5 𐎿 ê, t, n s s‛ ç ç ç ç s s s before a, i, u? s 5
6 𐎿 Defective 6
7 𐎲 l, s b v r b b b b b b b before a, i, u b 7
8 𐎼 r 8
9 𐎼 l, ê r r r r r r r r r before a & i r 9
10 𐎺 ê i(u) e i i w i v w w w v before a & u w? 10
11 𐎭 kh d d d d d d d d d before a d 11
12 𐎡 m, ǎ, ä o (vocal) o y ô y, medial ô i i i i 12
13 m n n t th thr tr tř tř thr 13
14 𐎱 a, ǒ p or b p p p p p p p p before a, i, u p 14
15 𐎻 ä g v g v, initial g v w before i v v before i w(i) 15
16 𐎨 ǎ, ä, r r (fort) o e v î y, è(n) medial ch or c k’ ch ch ch before a & ch 16
17 ä uncertain w 17
18 𐏀 ǎ gh e z z gh z zh z z before a, u? zh 18
19 𐎮 l uncertain l? kʹ w k’h d (before i) t with i d before i d(i) 19
20 a Defective 20
21 𐎠 a e or a e or a a â â â â a a a a 21
22 𐎬 a th dh t‘ m d’h t before u t’h t before u t(u) 22
23 𐎶 a o â m m m ǒ ʹm m m m before a m 23
24 𐎫 i(u) t t t t t t t t t before a & i t 24
25 𐎤 d z, changed to k, 1815 h q q with u 36 equal ô k th q k before u kh k before u k(u) 25
26 𐎰 n, s i h y z i θ z th th before a, i, u th 26
27 𐎹 b, k, r h e h h with 12 equal ê h y y j for y y y y before a, i, u y 27
28 𐎩 r ng h? ñ ng z z’ j jh j before a j 28
29 𐎷 b, r h e î ‘m? hh ‘m m before i m (with i) m before i m(i) 29
30 k Defective 30
31 𐎴 b, x, y tsch b, changed to m after 1826 n n n s n n n n before a & i n 31
32 𐎪 x dj gh? uncertain gʹ dsh g’ zh before i j j before i j(i) 32
33 𐎸 x k gh? uncertain g‛ s s ψ kh before u m (with u) m before u m(u) 33
34 𐎯 d, y z gh d‛ z? dh d before u dh d before u d(u) 34
35 𐎥 u⁽ᵘ⁾ u û g y g g g g before a g 35
36 𐎢 u, uᵘ u ou u u with 10 equal q u u u u u u 36
37 Defective 37
38 𐏁 s ou, w, ii, y sch, sh ch ch s‛ sh s sh sh sh before a, i, u sh 38
39 𐎳 ǒ f f f f f p before r f f before a? ph(r) 39
40 𐎽 s sch, changed to sr, 1815 ch l s‛ rk (h?) r before u ‘r r before u r (with u) r before u r(u) 40
41 𐏃 j, y a ou a a, initial n̆g, medial ǎ h h h h h h before a, i, u h 41
42 𐎧 ô kh kh kh k‛ kh kh kh kʹh kh before a & u kh 42
Later Additions
43 𐎵 n (with u) n before u n(u) 43
44 𐎦 gh? uncertain g‛ gʹ gh g before u gh g before u g(u) 44
45 rp rp q? doubtful final 45
46 𐎾 ñ ñ ñ 46
47 𐏋 King 47
48 𐏍 v dᵃh dah? 48
49 𐏏 bumi bumʹi 49
Defective Signs
x i
n v
n
t kh
sʹ
s
o
r
m
h
t
v, û, medial

APPENDIX B
TABLE SHOWING THE TRUE VALUES OF OLD PERSIAN LETTERS; AND THE AUTHOR AND DATE OF THEIR DECIPHERMENT

Persian Cuneiform Signs Correct Values
Spiegel, 1881		 Name of Decipherer and Date
1 Defective
2 𐏐 Sign of Separation Münter, 1800
3 Defective
4 𐎣 k before a Burnouf and Lassen independently, 1836, k
5 𐎿 s before a, i, u Grotefend, 1802, s
6 𐎿 Defective
7 𐎲 b before a, i, u Münter, 1800, b
8 𐎾 Defective
9 𐎼 r before a & i Grotefend, 1802, r
10 𐎺 v before a & u Lassen, 1836, w? Jacquet, 1838, v
11 𐎭 d before a Grotefend, 1802, d
12 𐎡 i St. Martin, 1823, y. Lassen, 1836, i
13 tř Lassen, 1836, t? Grotefend, 1837, thr? th Rawlinson, 1836, tř
14 𐎱 p before a, i, u Grotefend, 1802, p
15 𐎻 v before i St. Martin, 1823, v
16 𐎨 c before a Jacquet, 1838, ch or c
17 Defective
18 𐏀 z before a, i, u Burnouf and Lassen independently, 1836, z
19 𐎮 d before i Holtzmann, 1846, d before i
20 Defective
21 𐎠 a Tychsen, 1798, a. Münter, 1800, e or a
22 𐎬 t before u Lassen, 1836
23 𐎶 m before a Rask, 1826, m
24 𐎫 t before a & i Grotefend, 1802, t
25 𐎤 k before u Grotefend, 1815, k
26 𐎰 th before a, i, u Jacquet, 1838, th
27 𐎹 y before a, i, u Beer and Jacquet independently, 1838, y
28 𐎩 j before a Hincks and Rawlinson independently, 1846, j before a
29 𐎷 m before i Lassen, 1836, m before i
30 Defective
31 𐎴 n before a & i Rask, 1826, n
32 𐎪 j before i Rawlinson, 1838, j
33 𐎸 m before u Rawlinson, 1838, m before u
34 𐎯 d before u Tychsen, 1798, d. Lassen, 1836, d
35 𐎥 g before a Lassen, 1836, g
36 𐎢 u Tychsen, 1798. Grotefend, 1802, u
37 Defective
38 𐏁 s (sh) before a, i, u Tychsen, 1798, s. Grotefend, 1802, sch, sh
39 𐎳 f before a Grotefend, 1803, f
40 𐎽 r before u Grotefend, 1815, sr
41 𐏃 h before a, i, u Grotefend, 1803, a
42 𐎧 kh before u Grotefend, 1802, kh
43 𐎵 n before u Rawlinson, 1846, n before u
44 𐎦 g before u Lassen, 1836, g
Part of a contraction
𐎾 l? Oppert, 1847, l?
𐏋 k h s Grotefend, 1802, king
𐏏 bumi Lassen, 1844, bumi
𐏍 dah Lassen, 1844, dah
nâma (name) } Oppert, 1874. Weissbach considers these signs of doubtful authority (‘Altpers. Keil.,’ p. 1).
putřa (son)
Pârsa (Persia)
Auramazda
Franâ?

APPENDIX C
TABLE SHOWING THE VALUES GIVEN TO EACH SIGN OF THE SUSIAN (MEDIAN) SYLLABARY