Contents:

Preface p. V

Religions and Culture of Ancient Iran

Ph. GIGNOUX, Sasan ou le dieu protecteur (pl. 1) p. 1
M. SCHWARZ, Sesen: a durable East Mediterranean God in Iran p. 9
G. GNOLI, Further Considerations on a Manichaean dating of Zoroaster p. 13
J.R. RUSSEL, A Manichaean apostolic Mission to Armenia? p. 21
I. COLDITZ, Notes on the Problem of Punishment and Conversion in Manichaeism p. 27
R. GYSELEN, Un vetement masculin "archaïsant" dans la glyptique sassanide (pl. 2) p. 39
M.I. MOCHIRI, Les monnaies de Kavad I à double effige (pl. 3-7) p. 45
A.D.H. BIVAR, Reassessing Mirdrakvandi: Mithraic echoes in the 20th century p. 55

Texts and Languages

A. PANAINO, A daevic speech (Yt. 19.57, 60, 63) p. 71
N. SIMS-WILLIAMS, Further notes on the Bactrian Inscription of Rabatak, with an Appendix on the names of Kujula Kadphises and Vima Taktu in Chinese (pl. 9-12) p. 79
R.E. EMMERICK, Khotanese ei p. 93
P.O. SKJAERVØ, Royalty in early Iranian Literature p. 99
P. HUYSE, Kerdir and the first Sasanians p. 109
W. SUNDERMANN, On a Middle Persian legal Term and its forgotten Origin p. 121
E. MORANO, My Kingdom is not of this World: revisiting the great Parthian Crucifixion hymn (pl. 13-16) p. 131
C. RECK, Work in progress: a Catalogue of the Middle Iranian Manuscripts in Sogdian Script of the Berlin Turfan Collection (pl. 17) p. 147
C.G. CERETI, Zoroastrian Manuscripts in Italy: Past and Present p. 153
L. PAUL, The Position of Zazaki among West Iranian Languages p. 163

List of Abbreviations p. 179
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