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 [cuneiform character] Defective
2 𐏐 Sign of Separation Münter, 1800
3 [cuneiform character] 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 [cuneiform character] 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 [cuneiform character] 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 [cuneiform character] 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 [cuneiform character] 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 [cuneiform character] 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
[cuneiform character] 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
[cuneiform character] nâma (name) } Oppert, 1874. Weissbach considers these signs of doubtful authority (‘Altpers. Keil.,’ p. 1).
[cuneiform character] putřa (son)
[cuneiform character] Pârsa (Persia)
[cuneiform character] Auramazda
[cuneiform character] Franâ?