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 [cuneiform character] Defective 1
2 𐏐 Sign of Separation Sign of Separation 2
3 [cuneiform character] 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 [cuneiform character] m n n t th thr tr 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 [cuneiform character] 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? w k’h d (before i) t with i d before i d(i) 19
20 [cuneiform character] 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 [cuneiform character] 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 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 [cuneiform character] 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‛ gh g before u gh g before u g(u) 44
45 [cuneiform character] 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
[cuneiform character] x i
[cuneiform character] n v
[cuneiform character] n
[cuneiform character] t kh
[cuneiform character]
[cuneiform character] s
[cuneiform character] o
[cuneiform character] r
[cuneiform character] m
[cuneiform character] h
[cuneiform character] t
[cuneiform character] v, û, medial