چکیده:
In this essay, based on three Parthian manuscripts M 80, M 40, and M 79, and taking into account the Sogdian manuscript Mainz 412, a Manichaean text concerning the praise of the great ones (Wuzurgān Āfrīwan) titled «ʽstʼwʼd ʼwd ʼfryd ʽyy tw» (Praise and glorified are you) has been reconstructed and edited.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Praised and Blessed Art Thou Enrico Morano Translated by Hamidreza Ardestani Rostami Date Received: 21/10/98 Date Accepted: 16/11/98 Abstract: In this essay, with reference to three Parthian versions M 80, M 40, and M 79, and considering the Sogdian manuscript Mainz 412, a Manichaean text concerning the praise of the great ones (Wuzurgān Āfrīwan) titled "ʽstʼwʼd ʼwd ʼfryd ʽyy tw" (Praised and Blessed Art Thou) has been reconstructed and edited.
Reconstruction of the Parthian text (M 80+ M 40+ M 79) […] {M 80/R} rwšnystwm ° ʻstʼwʼd ʼwd ʻfryd ʼyy tw pydr jywndg hrwyn wylʼstʼn wylʼstystwm ° ʼwd dydn rwšn ° cy hrwyn dydn °° ʻstʼwʼd ʼwd ʼfryd ʼyy tw pydr ° jywndg [hrwyn] bgʼn bgystwm ° ʼwd wysp š(h)[rdʼrʼn šhrdʼrystwm (?) °] ʻstʼ[wʼd ʼwd ʼfryd] ʼyy tw p[ydr jywndg] pydr (c)[y hrwyn pydrʼn ° ʻstʼwʼd ʼwd ʻfryd ʼyy tw pydr ° ° ʻstʼwʼd ʼwd ʻfryd] M 40/R} ṯwʼn bʼm rwšn ° ʼc kw} hrwyn ° bʼm rwšnʼn bwd ʼhynd ° ʻstʼwʼd {M 80/V} ʼwd ʼfryd ° twʼʼn mnwhmyd wygrʼdq ʼc kw hrwyn ° mnwhmyd wygrʼdgʼn bwd ʼhynd ° ʻstʼwʼd ʼwd ʼfryd ° ṯwʼn ʼwš jywndg ° wzyšt ʼwd ʼrgʼw ° ʼc Recto of the manuscript /1/ [Praise and glory be to you] /2/ O Zurvan god, [O living one!] /3/ You are the father of all creation.
/5/ Praise and glory are for you, /6/ eternal awareness, deep /7/ (and) magnificent, in every place where /8/ the wise (and) the living This manuscript contains, to some extent, the same text as M 80/V, whose header has a few more lines (R/1-3) which likely refer to the preceding fragment, or it may be that wysp jmʼn ʼwhbyẖ is its final form forever.