“The Great Hymn of Wisdom. The First Manichaean Manuscript Fragment Unearthed in Iran“, in ZUR LICHTEN HEIMAT. Studien zu Manichäismus, Iranistik und Zentralasienkunde im Gedenken an WERNER SUNDERMANN, ed. by a Team “Turfanforschung“, Wiesbaden, IRANICA 25, 2017, pp. 637-654. (original) (raw)

This article informs about the discovery of a Manichaean manuscript fragment which is found together with the other objects in a grave adjacent to the village of Shūl near Naqš-e Rustam (Marvdašt, Fārs). The palaeographical and textological features indicate that the fragment is original and very old. The theme of the text is the reward of the believers who obtain salvation through the righteous (Manichaean) religion and the punishment of those who are condemned in the clash between the World of Light and the World of Darkness. Here, I presented a transliteration, transcription and translation for the text and studied its grammatical features.