Early New Persian in Syriac Script: Two Texts from Turfan

Early New Persian in Syriac Script: Two Texts from TurfanBulletin of the School of Oriental and African StudiesSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/8SVHWMFB/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.NicholasSims-WilliamsEarly New Persian in Syriac Script: Two Texts from Turfanhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/8SVHWMFBhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/8SVHWMFBhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/8SVHWMFBBulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies74:32011353-374The German Turfan collection includes fragments of two Early New Persian manuscripts in Syriac script, a bilingual (Syriac and New Persian) Psalter and a pharmacological handbook containing prescriptions similar to those in the Syriac Book of Medicines published by E. A. W. Budge. Both texts make use of certain non-Syriac characters, some of which were also used for writing Sogdian while others may have been created especially for writing Persian in Syriac script. The Syriac text of the Psalter fragments is that of the Peshitta; the translation is particularly valuable for the vocalization of the Persian words. In addition to many unusual and interesting words, the pharmacological fragments attest the rare Syriac numeral symbols derived from those of ancient Aramaic. The present article contains a transliteration and translation of all these texts together with a glossary and full philological discussion. Sims-Williams, Nicholas. “Early New Persian in Syriac Script: Two Texts from Turfan.” Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 74:3 (2011): 353–74. Nicholas Sims-Williams, Early New Persian in Syriac Script: Two Texts from Turfan, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 74:3 (2011): 353–74.Book of MedicinesNestoriansOld TestamentPeshitta OTPsalmsSyriac influence [Central Asia]Syriac influence [Persia]TurfanVII-XVIII CEmedicineprimary sources [Persian] + English translation