Table Of ContentCOROLLA IRANICA
Papers in honour of
Prof. Dr. David Neil MacKenzie
on the occasion
of his 65th birthday
on April 8th, 1991
Edited by
Ronald E. Emmerick
and Dieter W eber
PETERLANG
Frankfurt am Main · Bern · New York · Paris
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COROLLi-\ IRANICA
Papers in honour of
Prof. Dr. David Neil MacKenzie
on the occasion
of his 65th birthday
on April 8th, 1991
Edited by
Ronald E. Emmerick and Dieter Weber
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PETERLANG
Frankfurt am Main · Bern · New York · Paris
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Corolla iranica: papers in honour of Prof. Dr. David Neil
MacKenzie on the occasion of his 65th birthday on Aprit Sth,
1991 / Ronald E. Emmerick ; Dieter Weber (eds.). - Frankfurt am
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FOREWORD
DA VID NEIL MACKENZIE was born in London on 8 April 1926 of partly Scottish origin.
During his military service he becarne interested in Orienta! matters, especially in things
Iranian, and subsequently pursued this interest by taking up Orienta! studies at the
School of Orienta! and African Studies in London. In 1955 he was appointed Lecturer
at the School and after extensive field-work in Kurdestan he obtained his Ph.D. degree
in 1957 with the results of his research on Kurdish dialects. His Ph.D. thesis formed the
basis of his first major publication, Kurdislt Dialect Studies, an elaborate two-volume
work, which appeared some years later in the well-known London Orienta! Series. He
went on to make valuable contributions to many other Iranian languages as witnessed
by the bibliography of his writings published here. In recognition of the high calibre of
his work he was promoted to the position of Reader in the University of London in
1963. His international reputation in the field of lranian studies led to his appointment
in 1975 as Ordentlicher Professor at the Seminar für Iranistik und Vorderasiatische
Archaologie of the Georg-August-Universitlit in Güttingen. This appointment was parti
cularly gratifying to him because it was in GOttingen that his own hi~hly reyered teacher,
W.B. HENNlNG, had been introduced to Iranian studies by F.C. ANDREAS.
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After making valuable contributions to Kurdish and Pashto, Professor MAc
KENZIE turned his attention to Pahlavi. His work on Pahlavi has become universally
known as a result of the publication of his Concise Palt/avi Dictionary in 1971. He had
realised that his proposed transcription of Pahlavi would be more iikeiy to be wideiy
adopted if he published a dictionary showing the connection between Pahlavi and the
Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian spellings of the basie Western Middle Iranian
vocabulary, and in fact within a few years of the appearance of his Concise Palt/avi
Dictionary mast lranists adopted his method of transcription.
In addition to making significant contributions to Western Middle Iranian in its
various varieties, Professor MACKENZIE has important publications in the fields of
Sogdian and Khwarezmian to his credit. In turning his attention to Khwarezrnian, he has
taken over the mantle of W.B. HENNING, who had made Khwarezrnian his own special
domain. Professor MACKENZIE has, with his customary thoroughness, not only shown
that he is a worthy bearer of HENNING's Khwarezrnian mantle, but has even outgrown
it, making Khwarezrnian studies his own special field.
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FOREWORD
Evidence of Professor MAcKENZIE's wide-ranging contributions to Iranian studies
is also to be found in his articles in the Encyclopaedia of Jslam and in the Encyclopredia
lranica. His dedication to the advancement of Iranian studies is further documented by
his valuable service as a Council Member of the international Corpus lnscriptionum
lranicarum. Those who have worked with him esteem the sharpness of his intellect,
which does not tolerate doubtful readings ar dubious interpretations. Moreover, his
spirited directness of speech, in whatever language, is respected by those who know him
well as an indication of his personal integrity.
This Corolla is presented to our friend, colleague and teacher as a token of
gratitude and affection.
RONALD E. EMMERICK DIETER WEBER
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CONTENTS
Fo reword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
DAVTD NEIL MAcKENZIE: Publications ................................. vii
JES P. AsMUSSEN, Ornithologisches aus den jüdisch-persischen Übersetzungen
der hebrfilschen Bibel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
AD.H. BIVAR, The ideogram for 'staters' in Pahlavi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
;· MARY BOYCE, The vitality of Zoroastrianism attested by some Yazdi traditions
and actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
GIOTIO CANEVASCINI, Medio-reflexive verbs in Khotanese ................. 23
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MICHAEL L CHYET, A Version of the Kurdish Romance Mem Zin with English
Translation and Commentary ................................... 27
ALMUTH DEGENER, Neryosanghs Sanskrit-Übersetzung von Škand gumānīk vičār . 49
J. ELFENBEIN, A caravan of chronological adverbs ........................ 59
RONALD E. EMMERICK and MAURO M.AGGI, Thoughts on Khotanese e and o ... 67
GHERARDO GNOLI, More on the Khwarezmian Hypothesis ................. 74
GERD GROPP, Zādsprams Interpretation des Ahunavairyo-Gebetes ........... 79
GOTIFRIED HERRMANN, Biographisches zu lfu sain Wa'i; Kilšifi .............. 90
JEAN KELLENS, Remarques sur l'opposition de nombre en vieil-avestique ...... 101
V.A. LIVSHITS and A.B. NIKITIN, The Parthian epigraphic remains from
Gobekli-depe and some other Parthian inscriptions ................ , 109
/ J.R. RUSSELL, The Do'ā-ye Nām Stāyišn .............................. 127
LoRE SANDER, The earliest manuscripts from Centra! Asia and the
Sarvāstivāda mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
W.P. SCHMID, Nhd. See und Alteuropa ................................ 151
MARTIN SCHWARTZ, A page of a Sogdian Liber Vitre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
v· SHAUL SHAKED, IRANO-ARAMAICA: On some legal, administrative and
economic terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
NICHOLAS SIMS-WILLIAMS, A Sogdian Greeting ......................... 176
WOJCIECH SKALMOWSKI, A note on lranian *dahyu- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
P.O. SKJIERV\tl, Middle Persian anlld, anand ............................ 190
WERNER SUNDERMANN, Eine buddhistische Allegorie in manichfilscher
Überlieferung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
A. TAFAZZOL!, Some Isfahani words ................................. 207
FINN THIEsEN, A translation of Rū)Jollāh XomeinI's sabū ye 'ešq . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
DIETER WEBER, Ein bisher unbekannter Titel aus spatsassanidischer Zeit? .... 228
YUTAKA YOSHIDA, Sogdian Miscellany ĪĪĪ ............................. 237
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ABBREVIATIONS
AMI Archāolagische Mitteilungen aus lran, Berlin.
AO Acta Orientalia, K0benhavn.
AOH Acta Orientalia Hungarica, Budapest.
APAW Abhandlungen der PreujJischen Akademie der WISsenschaften, Phil.-Hist. Kl.
Berlin.
BEFEO Bulletin de l'Ecale Franc;aise d'Extrēme Orient, Paris.
BSL Bulletin de la Sacietē de Linguistique de Paris, Paris.
BSO(A)S Bulletin af the Schaal af Orienta/ (and African) Studies, London.
CAJ Centra! Asiatic laumai, Wiesbaden.
IF Indagermanische Farschungen, Berlin-New York.
JA laumai Asiatique, Paris.
JAOS laumai af the American Orienta/ Saciety, Ann Arbor.
JCOI laumai af the KR Cama Orienta! /nstitute, Bombay.
JRAS laumai af the Rayal Asiatic Saciety af Great Britain & Jreland, London.
JRCAS laumai af the Royal Centra/ Asian Saciety, London.
MSS Münchener Studien zur Sprachwissenschaft, München.
RHR Revue de l'Histaire des Religians, Paris.
SPAW Sitzungsberichte der PreujJischen Akademie der WISsenschaften, Phil.-Hist.
Kl„ Berlin.
TPS Transactians af Philolagical Saciety, Oxford.
ZATW Zeitschrift filr alttestamentliche Wzssenschaft, Berlin.
ZDMG Zeitschrift der Deutschen Margenliindischen Gesellschaft, Wiesbaden.
ZII Zeitschrift filr Jndolagie und Iranistik
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