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Paishiyâuvâdâ:
the town where the Magian Gaumâta
raised a rebellion against the Persian king Cambyses, who was in Egypt
or Syria (Spring 522). According to the Behistun
inscription, Paishiyâuvâdâ was close to 'the mountain
named Arakadriš'. These places cannot be located with certainty, but since
the town has a different name in the Elamite text of the Behistun inscription
(Nasirma), we may assume that it was on the border between Elam
and Persia. (If it had been a purely Persian town, it would have kept its
Persian name in the translation.) |
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