The discovery and decipherment of the trilingual cuneiform inscriptions

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

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

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