A Zervanite Apocalypse I By R. C. ZAEHNER all our Iranian sources for that form of Zoroastrianism which recognized Zurvan as the prime principle of the cosmos, the Selections of Zdtspram are undoubtedly the most important. We have seen (BSOS., IX, p. 573) that in his first chapter Zatspram assigns to Zurvan a decisive role in the creative process not found elsewhere; for it was he who handed to Ahriman that " black and ashen garment", " that weapon, like unto fire . . . that containeth the very essence of Az ". In so doing he was making no idle gesture ; he was presenting Ahriman with one who was to be at once his most powerful ally and his eventual destroyer. The results of this action are related in the thirty-fourth chapter, an edition of which is offered here. Though our text is at some points exasperatingly corrupt, our chapter does seem to throw additional light on the mysterious figure of Jeh, the Primal Whore, and to support the theory advanced by Professor Benveniste that woman belonged, in the Zervanite system, to the evil creation. We hope in the near future to be able to offer an interpretation of this fascinating chapter : in this article we have confined ourselves to the text and, in the next number of this Bulletin, we will add a first translation which we hope will be of use to such students of religion as are unfamiliar with Pahlavl. For the text, as for my edition of the first chapter, I have used the unpublished edition of Anklesaria (vide BSOS., IX, p. 573).' Since the text still remains unpublished—with the exception of a vocalized transcription of § 35 in BSOS., IX, p. 576—and since it is as yet not practicable faithfully to reproduce the Pahlavl script in this country, I have resorted to an unvocalized transcription, adding the vocalized transcription below. The unvocalized transcription is intended to serve only one end— to enable the reader to turn it back into the Pahlavi script with the minimum difficulty without distorting the phonetic value out of all recognition. For this reason I have avoided Bartholomae's system of always representing ) with n, J with d, -u with a. In the main I have followed the system employed by Professor Nyberg in his Texte zum mazdayasnischen Kalender, but, believing the prime function of an 378 R. C. ZAEHNER— unvocalized transcription of an unpublished text to be the exact reproduction of the original, I have been unable to follow him in a number of small points such as his suppression of the Waw quiescens and the rendering of _u by yy even when that is its obvious phonetic value. It has been our aim to avoid ambiguity even at the cost of linguistic barbarism. If a true picture of the original is to be presented, linguistic absurdities must be borne with. For the transcription I have followed the following system :— (i) _u is transcribed >, h, or x '• even when representing i - ( - j l have written > or h to avoid confusion with ^j or ^ j . Thus stryr"l for sadriydr (^O-i))^Xj), S" for SYD' (deo, *(){J-(j), "whrrn,' for Ohrmazd (vvyuyo). (ii) i, always b, even when representing /? or v, or y resp. 1, e.g. twb'ii for tuvdn (^AJM^S), gb' for jeh (-»»»»), GBR'b for tnart-e (i_uju). (iii) 5, y, g, or d, not j , z, or z which are ambiguous, e.g. dmyk for zaniik (^), gmw for jdn ()J<(5), 2/ w 2/2/% f° r zoyet {)&}))>)• With the diacritical marks, 5 is represented by d, 5 by g, 5 (which, however, does not occur in our text) by y. Thus for i)^o we must transcribe TND. (iv) j) or .y, either s or i + i, that is yy, gy, dy, etc., e.g. hngyc- for hangez- (o^>yo). (v) ) , w, n, r, and in ideograms < : not I even when representing Aramaic I ; thus KR> for KL' (-»»)4, liar). The Waw quiescens at the end of words appears a s w : in the middle I have usually transcribed w, but sometimes if it follows a phonetic n, I have preferred n, e.g. tnn'wmnndyh for tanomandih (j (vi) 3 , always z. (vii) a, always k. (viii) J, always I, though its phonetic equivalent is overwhelmingly r. J appears as I. (ix) •£, always m. £ usually mn (mw, mr), but when representing Aramaic H, H. (x) £), always p, even when representing / . A ZERVANITE APOCALYPSE I 3 7 9 (xi) (o, always c, even when representing z, /, or z. The following coupled forms should be noted: (a) $y, 'p or >c (resp. hp, xp, he, ^c), e.g. 'p't for apdc (o»y»). (6) y> V (<%> ff) + c, not j?. (c) £p is dis- tinguished from £j3, e.g. kypwtw for jqoj^pa, kyycwtw for ) ^ ) ( ^ both equivalent to hifiot. So also >scw for asp (\Q3*>), scyhl for (xii) 4^, always s. (xiii) ^9, always <. (xiv) a , always y. (xv) For ^p representing andar I have written BYN. On the one occasion when it occurs in this text attached to a verbal ideogram, I have transcribed yt. The sign M. does not occur. The Copenhagen facsimile K 35 does not include our chapter. Bk. breaks off in § 26, and for the remainder of the chapter we have only TD. A brief account af the MSS. will be found in BSOS., IX, p. 573, and in West, SBE., 47, p. xvi. The chapter falls into three main parts : the first is closely paralleled in the Bundahisn, but the latter two are quite distinctive. Here is a brief summary. I. §§ 1-20. Colloquy between Zoroaster and Ohrmazd. (a) §§ 1-15. Ohrmazd tells Zoroaster that the Resurrection will be bodily, and that men will not be like shades. Zoroaster asks how men's component parts will be brought together, and Ohrmazd replies that just as it is easier to repair a casket from already existing parts than to make it without wood, so is it easier to bring about the bodily resurrection than it was to create the universe. He will summon the bones of men from the earth, their blood from the River Tigris, their hair from the plants, their breath from the wind. They are unable to give them up, for they cannot distinguish the component parts of one man from those of another. (b) § 16. Ohrmazd speaks of his own omniscience and his ability to distinguish the one from the other. (c) §§ 17-19. Airyaman, the Messenger, is sent to collect the bone, blood, light, hair, and life of Gayomart, Masya and Masyane. 380 E. C. ZAEHNER— (d) § 20. Ohrmazd reveals how the bringing about of the Rejuvena- tion is easier for him than his twelve main acts of creation. II. §§ 21-29. Comparison of the Rejuvenation to different phenomena :— (a) §§ 21-4. To the building of a house : creation is like the floor, the progress of Religion like the walls, the Rejuvenation like the roof. (b) § 25. To a dark night and the Sun rising in the morning to banish the darkness. (c) § 26. To the Moon which after waning and disappearing, reappears and shines with the light of the Sun. (d) §§ 27-9. To the year and the regrowth of vegetation after the death and drought of winter. All things return to their original state. III. §§ 30-54. The Zervanite account of the defeat of Ahriman and the Rejuvenation. (a) §§ 30-4. When Ahriman invaded the creation of Ohrmazd, he was accompanied by the Primal Whore whom he made queen of her species: she then had intercourse with the Blessed Man (?). Az was appointed commander of the demonic hosts. (b) § 35. In the beginning Zurvan gave Ahriman a black garment, a weapon which possessed the essence of Az ; by means of this Az will swallow Ahriman's creation, and will herself die of hunger. (c) §§ 36-7. Az divides her nature into three, desire for food, sexual desire, and the pursuit of pleasure. (d) §§ 38-9. Artvahist and Airyaman come down to earth and stop men from slaughtering cattle. Men live on milk, and a quarter of the power of Az is diminished. (e) §§ 40-1. Their children are less troubled by Az, and cease to drink milk ; a half of the power of Az is diminished. Their children eat nothing at all. (/) §§ 42-5. Az, unable to get food from the creatures of Ohrmazd, devours the lesser demons ; she turns against Ahriman who is smitten by Ohrmazd : she herself is smitten by Sros. (g) §§ 46-8. Sosyans is born: he will complete the propagation of the Religion which Zoroaster had only partially effected. (h) §§ 49-54. The stars will leave their normal course, and springs of fire will appear on earth. Water was the element of creation, fire is the element of the consummation. Water will dry up and plants wither. As the mighty battle in the beginning was by water, so will that in A ZERVANITE APOCALYPSE I 381 the end be by fire. Fire will appear as a mighty horseman, and there will be no more doubt. From the above summary it should be clear that Zatspram's account of the Rejuvenation differs very considerably from all others including that of the Bundahisn. As in Manichaeism Az is the chief of devils and scarcely inferior to Ahriman himself. Nowhere else do we find her activities so fully described. THE SELECTIONS OF ZATSPRAM Chapter XXXIV MDM plskrtw krt'lyh 1 apar fraskart-lcartdrih (1) >YF BYN dynw 1 >wgwn nmwtw 2 ystytw >YF zltwstw 3 MN [ku] andar den oyon nimut estet ku Zartust hoc 'whrm> pwrsytw >YF tnn>wmnd'n 4 PWN dmyk BR> wtwltw HWHnd 5 Ohrmazd pursit ku tanomanddn(iypatzamik be viturt hend P W N 6 plskrtw tnn'wmnnd L'WHL YHWWNd -ywpw »s>yk pat fraskart tanomand apdc bavend ayap asdyak hwm'n'kwyh' '.' humdndklhd ? (2) >whrm> >YF J tnn-wmnd L'WHL YHWWNd 2 >wzynd V Ohrmazd (guft) ku tanomand apdc bavend uzend. (3) W 1 zltwstw pwrsytw >YF ZK MNW BR> 2 wtwltw 3 KLB' ut Zartust pursit ku dn ke be viturt, sag W 4 w y BR> ws>nd 5 W gwlg W 6 d'lmnkw ' BR> bwltw cygwn ut vdy be visdnd ut gurg ut ddlman[ak] be hurt, ceydn L'WHL gwptw -Y/ 7 >MT LK MNW zltwst 1 HWH'h 2 'DYNt 3 Ohrmazd guft ku kaS to ke Zartust heh [ahak-at] kypwtw v y >y 4 y d'lynw krtnw 'p"b 5 >twn 6 PWN krtnw cygwn kifiot-e i ddren kartan apdyeh, *aSak pat kartan ceyon hwgltl YHWWN'h >MTt d'l L> 7 bwtw >Ptw PSKWNtn 8 p s ' X t 9 hugartar baveh, kaS-at ddr ne but ut-at britan >p>ytw 'ywp >MT\y kypwtw 1 0 YHWWNtw 1X >Ps 'n'tkw >ywkw apdyit, aydp ka8 kifiot but, ut-as [an] dtak(?) evak MN TNY BR> wswptw L'WHL p s ^ t n 'p'ytw 12 •/ hac dit be visuft, apdc passdytan apdyet ? (5) zltwstw 1 gwptw >YT >MT d'l HN' t'kw bwt HWH'h hwgltl Zartust guft ku kah ddr-*e tdk but heh, hugartar YHWWNtw HWH'h >YT »MT d'l L> bwtw HWH'h W 2 >MT kypwtw 3 but heh ku kaS dame but heh, ut kaS ki/3ot >tkw hwgltl bwtw HWH'h Y dtak(?) (evak hac dit be visuft*),* hugartar but heh . . . (6) >whrm> gwptw 'YT nw d'm>nw >MT L- bwtw 1 HWHd 2 Ohrmazd guft ku avesdn ddmdn, kaS ne but hend, "m 3 blyhynytnw 4 twb'n bwtw W K'N 'MT bwt W wswptw 5 L'WHL am brehenitan tuvdn but, ut nun kaS but ut visuft, apdc hwgltl '.' passdytan hugartar. (7) MHm HWHd 1 5>n hnb'lt'bnw ptylpt'l y wtwlt-nw 2 ce-rn hend 5-dn hanbdrtdrdn patiyraftar i viturtdn tnn'wmnndyh Y >ywkw dmykw MN MDM 3 nk'sd'st'l y 4 BSLY' tanomandih: evak zaniik *ke apar nikds-ddstdr i gost i (4) 1 zltwstw Bk. 2 HWHWH'h Bk. 3 om. Bk. recte. 4 -W) )g)£^ Bk. 5 xtn 'p'yttv, ps' X twyhytw legit Bk. (5) 1 zltwxstw Bk. 2 om. TD. 3 kypwwtww Bk. 4 ab § 4 restitui. (6) ! HWH'h zdAitSk. 2 HWHnd TD. 3 'MT.TD. 4 Uyhynytw Bk. 5 W inserit Bk. • ps' X tw Bk. (7) 1 H WHnd TD. 2 wtltm TD. 3 31X MDM MN W MDM TD, pro MN MDM. 4 om. Bk. A ZEEVANITE APOCALYPSE I 383 W >stw 6 W pyb y >N§WT»n •.• >ywkw MY' nk's d>stnw 6 pt ut ast ut pih % martomdn: evak dp nikds-*ddstdr(iy pit W ;^wnw •.• 'ywkw >wlwl y 7 d'st'l 8 y wls 9 W 10 mwd v »ywkw ut yon: evak urvar i ddstdr i vars ut mo8: evak lswsnwyh n ptylpt'lyh y 't^s v 'ywkw hm 1 2 w t w ZYm *ras-rosmh* paliyrafidr[ih] i ata^s: evak ham rat i-m HY> ^wys»nw 13 d'm'n PWN plskrtw hng'm ".' ]dn (iy y^tsdn daman pat fraskart hangdm (apdc dahet (??)). (8) MDM KLYTWm J dmykw hcs 2 B'YHWNtw 3 'stw W * apar -^dnam zamik, hac-is y^dst ast ut BSLY' W 5 pyb y g>ywkwmltw 'pTyk'nw '.' gost ut p%h i Gayomart apdrikdn. (9) YMERWNyt dmyk ' Y r cygwn YHMTWNynm l >MT L> gofiet zamik ku ceydn rasenam ka8 ne DNH 2 BE' 3 HWYTWNm >YP kt»l 4 ZK y n apar -)£dn(am) dp i Arang i hast Diglit had rotdn, >Yr MDM YHMTWNynw x wnww 3 y N§WT' •/ ku apar rasen yon % ave i ristak martom. (11) YMRRWNyt 'Y.T 1 cygwn 2 YHMTWNynm >MT L> DNM 3 gofiet (dpy ku ceydn rasenam, kaS ne *en BR> HWYTWm >Yr kt»l ZK y btv Bk. 4 lystw Bk. (11) l '.' inserit Bk. 2 ( addit TD ad finem lineae. 3 Bk. mutilatus usque ad primum ).H ZK. ' om. TD. 5 'LHw TD. 3 8 4 R. C. ZAEHNER—• (12) MDM KLYTWm 1 >wlwl W MN 2 wlwl ' Y P cygwn YHMTWNynm 2 >MT L> gofiet urvar ku ceyon rasenam kaS ne >NHw 3 BR- HWWYTWNm 4 kt>l ZK y l *en be ddnam (ku) katdr an i ave vars ut katdr ZK y MT L> 2 gofiet vat ku ceyon rasenam, kaS ne 'NHw 3 *en y be • HWYTWm 4 ddnam kt'l ZK y kt'l ZK ku katdr an i ave jdn, katdr an (16) MNW 1 'whrm' HWHwm >MT 'p>c 2 nkylwm PWN dmyk (man) ke Ohrmazd ham, kaS apdc nikirom pat zamik MY' 3 'wlwl lwsnnyli w t w PWN lwsnw dhsnw 4 BR> 5 HWWYTWm dp urvar rosriih vat, pat rosn di8isn(?) be ddnam, 'ywkw MN TNY BR> sn>sym v MH PWN wspw 6 d-ngnnyh PWN evak hoc dit be sndsem: ce pat visp-ddnisnih, pat lwsnw mynsnyh 'ywkw MN TNY 'wgwn wcyhym cygwn >MTw rosn-menisnih evak hac dit dyon vicihem ceyon kaS(mart?} (12) (13) Bk. mutilatus usque ad lystw. 2 31, TD. W praeponit Bk. 2 hic mutilatus Bk. 3 Iranice az, " ego," at cf. §§ 9 et 11. 4 HWWYTWm TD. 5 -LHw TD. 6 om. TD. (14) ! If praeponit Bk. * om. TD. 3 y inserit TD. (15) 1 YMBBWNtw Bk. 2 ZK addit Bk. 3 Cf. (13). 3 * HWWYTWm TD. (16) J V inseruntambo. 2 pr>cw Bk.: nkylytw addit TD. 3 W inserit Bk. l dhsnnyh Bk. 5 v inserit Bk. • we" TD. A ZERVANITE APOCALYPSE I 385 syl wNKD>n 7 y PWN dmyk PWN 9 hmywy pr>c tcynd 10 sir mdtakdn (doyty, 8 i pat zamik pat ham-ydy frdc tacend >ywkw BYN TNY HN> ' Y / m " kt'l NKD >wgwn BR. sn>sym cygwn evak andar dit, et ku-m katdr mdtak: oydn be sndsem ceyon >MT GBR>y 30 >scw HWH'h KR> 'ywk I'd y m k w 1 2 >y y 1 3 kah mart-e 30 asp heh, har evak rah ydmak-e i nys'n 14 >y pts >YF kt'l >scw L' >Mt syl dw^tw ZK 30 ymkw 15 nisdn-e pat-is ku katdr asp *rdS, [kaS sir ddxt,] an 30 ydmak 'knyn YK'YMWNd >YTw YCBHWytw HWYTWstnw" KR> aynen estend, *aSak kdmet ddnastan, har ymkw y 17 MDM 'HDWNytw nys'n y PWN ymkw BR> sn'sytw ydmak-e apar giret, nisdn i pat ydmak be sndset >YFm kt'l >scw '.' ku-m katdr asp. (17) MDM Y'TWNm 'ylymnw plystkw 1 MNWs plc'mk'lyh 2 apar *frestam Airyaman frestak ke-s frazdmkdrih BYN ^wysk'lyh 3 '." andar jfeskdrih. (18) BR> YHMTWNynytw >stw W l x wn W vis W lwsnyh be rasenet ast ut %on ut vars ut rosnih (ut} HY> y g'ywkmltw W 2 msyy 3 W 4 m'ysnn>b 5 '.' ]dn i Gayomart ut *Masyd ut *Masydne. (19) 'Ps pyswp'd L'WHL ps'cwm >stw y g'ywkmltw v >P§ ut-as pesopdS apdc passdcom ast i Gayomart, ut-as ZK y m>sb W m ' y y b 1 hmptwstw 2 glnkw W 3 >ndkw BR' an i *Masyd ut *Masydne ham-patvast gasnak(?) ut andak be YHBWNm * Y daham. (16) 7 ndd'n Bk. 8 transposui. » om. Bk. 10 tcndBk. " m om. Bk. 12 ymkb TD. 13 om. Bk. " j r a B k . 15 alter Waw otiosum praebet TD. 16 YWYTWstnw Bk. 17 w y om. TD. (17) » p'lystkw Bk. 2 y inserit Bk. 3 ywysk'ly Bk. (18) 1 om. TD. s om. Bk. 3 m>yyy> Bk. 4 om. Bk. 5 sic yt))i(j5u.£ TD : U . J O * . ^ Bk. — (19) 1 om. Bk. 2 PT addit TD. 3 om. Bk. * YHBWNtw ' TD. 386 R. C. ZAEHNER— (20) >Pm m>n ut-am 6 ham-passdxtan apdc ddtan hugartar 12 daman ZYm PWN 3 W n BR' YHBWNtw v pltwm 'MTwm 'sym>n wyn-ltw i-m pat bun be ddt, fratom ka8-am dsmdn vindrt >stwn >n MDM d>st>l MNWs MN hycw kwstw L> HWHd gyt»nw BR' a stun an-apar-ddstdr he-s hac Me kust ne Mnd getehdn be d'st'l 4 v W dtykl >MTm dmyk wyn'ltw m»nkw >sym'nw >MT ddstdr; ut ditikar kaS-am zamik vindrt miydnak (i) dsmdn *ku 'L kt'lc'y 5 nymkw L> nzdygtl bwtw hwm'n'kyh y zltkw y 5 Jcatdr-ic-e neniak ne nazdiktar but, humdndkih i zartak i m."nw x'yk w '•' 6 W stykl 'MTm ^wlsytw blyhynytw v i wm miyan(i') x®y ak >' u ^ sittkar kaS-am x v arset brehenit; 4-om 'MTwm m'h blyhynnyt v 5 wm kaS-am mdh brehenit; (5-om kaS-am star brehenit; > *6-om 'MTm BYN nvlwl'n 7 KBD gwnkw Ing W p'ssnw 8 BR' ka8-am andar urvardn vas gonak rang ut *cdsisn be YHBWNtw 9 v 6 wm 'MTm BYN >wlwl >t x s PWN 'sywcsnyh ddt; *7-om ka8-am andar urvar ata^s pat asocisnih BR> YHBWNtw v 7 wm 'MTm 10 x wskw bwltw be ddt; *8-om Jca8-am xosak 5 zamik be burt W PWN hng'm y 12 pr>c w x ssnw y bl'wmnd 13 YHWWNd wyn'ltw MDM 18 nhwptw 19 wtwltw 20 >Pm ywdt 2 1 ywdtw BYN ZK 'lwdsnw 22 be wmnd 24 W dlym 25 W p>yb W 26 slwbww 27 •.• paytdkenit ast yon moS ut drem tit pih ut sruv; dhwm 2 8 >MTm tmi'wmnd mwlwn PWN pi >ndlw>y 29 dahom ka8-am tanomand murvdn pat parr bandar} andarvdy wdynytw 3 0 v ycdhwm 31 'MTm MY' LGLH 3 2 'YTwyh vdhenlt; yazdahom ka8-am dp pdS fhastih hwm'n'kyh y 3 3 p r c lpt'l YHBWNtw 7 dwcdhwm humdnakih [i] fra6 raftdr ddt; duvazdahom (JcaB-am afir L'L' MDM bwlt'l y MY' 34 wl'nynyt'l 3 S y w>l>nw •/ duty ul apar burtdr i dp, vdrdnenitdr i varan. (21) hwm>n>k 1 YHWWNtw pz>l plc'myhytw y 2 >YTw bwm 3 ceydn katak pat 3 afizdr frazmriihet i hast bum dywl 4 W 'skwpw W ZK y 5 d>m dhsnyh bwm dynw lwb'kyli 6 divdr ut askofi; ut an i ddm-dahismh bum, den-ruvdklh dywl 7 plskrtw krt'lyh 8 'skwpw •.* dwdr, fraskart-kartdnh askofi. (23) cygwn >MT GBR' B Y T ' 1 YCBHWytw wyl'stnw 2 GBR' 3 ceydn kaS mart %dnak kdmet virdstan, mart 3 BR' wcynytw 3 MNW 4 >ywkw PWN bwm wyl'stnw >ywkw PWN be vicenet ke evak pat bum virdstan, evak pat d y w l 5 'h^tnw W 6 ; ywkw PWN 'skwpw krtnw plh^tktl dwdr ahaytan, ut evak pat askofi kartan frahaytaktar, (20) 23 Viaw inserit TD. 24 'Sl>wmnndTD. lb dlmm Bk. ! ' o m . TI). " slwbwy TD. 28 W praeponit Bk. 29 'ndlwkw TD. 30 wdynnytw Bk. 31 yhyndhwm TD. 32 Waw apponit TD. 33 pro hwm'n'kyh y, hru'wyhyh' Bk. 34 y inserit TD. 35 whnynytw TD. (21) 1 hwm'n'kyh TD. 2 y inserit TD. 3 y inserit Bk. 4 BR' TD. (22) 1 W praeponit Bk. 2 >DYNw Y addit Bk. 3 y inserit Bk. 4 dywd'l Bk. 5 om. Bk. 6 Iwhyh Bk. 7 dywd'l Bk. 8 y W addit Bk. (23) 1 BWYT>, TD. 2 W addit Bk. 3 wiyty) TD. i >ywpw addit TD. 5 dywd'l Bk. 6 om. TD. 388 R. C. ZAEHNER— W ywdtw ywdtw PWN Z K 7 k'l BR> YK'YMWNynytw « s'ystw u Y bum virdst ut dinar ahayt\an], ne sdyast. (24) k=s >YP PWN end d 4 dylwwst'^ww 5 >MT dywl 'L plc>m mtw ape-gumdn butan rd8, der-vistd-^'. JcaS divdr 5 fraidm mat 'D 6 'LH MNWs 'skwpw BY^[ 7 ^wysk'lyh 'skwpwynytn 'wgwn [tdk] ave ke-s asko/3 andar y^eskdnh, askofienitan oyon hwgl 8 cygwn 'LHs-nc 9 2 PWN k'l ZYs'nw PKDNwy 10 •/ hugar ceydn avesdn-ic 2 pat kdr i-sdn pdtemdr. (25) W r TND x hwm>n>kw bwtw plskrtw krt'lyh 2 MT 3 LYLY' wcytw tdr:kah sap 6 sar savet, y^arset 3 kandrah i gehdn uzet W L'WHL n'kw bwtw MT bwndkw bwtw >wyn>pt>k nwk 3 L'WHL (nayrfsisn bavet. kah bavandak but avendfitdk, nok apdc (23) ' ( addit TD. ad finem lineae. 8 YK< YM WNytw TD. » om. Bk. 10 dyuxM Bk. " s'Mw TD. (24) 1 W&w inserit Bk. 2 om. TD. 3 pUlcw addit Bk. * L> TD. 5 dylst'xw Bk. 6 pro mtw pl>k nwk, mutilatus BK. A ZERVANITE APOCALYPSE I 389 ZL'WNytw MN ^wlsytw strwh'l 4 y lwsn>nw PWN b'm pyt'kw zdyet, hac x°arset saOriydr i rosndn pat bam paytdk YHWWNyt 5 gyh'n y lyst'^ycw L'WHL dhsnyh pts bavet: gehdn i ristdyez apdc-dahisnih pat-is pyt'kyhytw '.' paytdkihet. (27) hwm>n>k bwtw l>n dl'^tw wskwptw humdndk but 6 sal ke pat vahdrdn dra^t viskuft YHWWNd PWN h>mynw bl YHBWNd W P'tycw plc'm bl bavend, pat hdmen bar dahend, ut (,paf) pdtez frazdm bar YHWWNd PWN dmst>nw hwskw W mwltw hwm>n>k YHWWNd •.•• *dahend, pat zamastdn husk ut murt humdndk bavend. (28) >MT wnylsnw y &NT>n scwlykyhytw mtrw L'WHL 'L kah vinirisn i sdldn spurrikihet, Midr apdc 6 gywkw y n^wstynw mtw x YWM W LYLY> h>wnd ptm>nw 'ndlwy gydk i nay^isten mat, roc ut sap hdvand-patmdn, andarvdy ns'lykw ptmrnykw YHWWNd nisdnk (?)-patmdn\l¥\ bavend. W mwlt'^ycw hwrri'n'k MN hwsk d'l'nw dl^t'n nwkw wig ut murldyez humdndk *6 husk ddrdn draytdn \iy nok varg pycyhynd W nh'l wskwpyhynd '." (sypezihend ut nihdl viskoBihend. (29) 'styk'nyh L'WHL dhsnyh I'd KR> cyhl'nw plc'm 'L bwn *ostikdnih apdc dahisnih roS har cihrdn frazdm 5 bun hm hngwsytk YHWWNd cygwn 'NSWT> MNWs-nw YHWWNsnw ham hangositak bavend, ceyon martom ke-sdn bavisn MN twhm twcrynd cygwn ; wlwl>n MNWsmw YHWWNsnw MN hac tohm tacend, ceyon urvardn ke-sdn bavisn hac twhmkw bwndk plc'myh PWN hmtwhmyh '.' tohmak, bavandak-frazdmih pat ham-tohmih. (26) 4 strhl Bk. 5 hactenus Bk, cetera desunt. (28) ' post laeunam V habet cod. VOL. X. PART 2. 26 390 E. C. ZAEHNER— (30) PWN dynw >wgwn pyt'k >YT 'hlmnw 'MT BYN m pat den oydn paytdk ku Ahriman, hah andar 6 dam dwb'l'stw dwsdynw ghdyww 1 sltk >wgw PWN hnb'cw d'itw cygwn duvdrast, duSden jeh-dev sarSak dyo(n} pat hanbdz ddst ceyon GBR> NYSH g'hb 2 hnbsnw T MH BNPgH ' Y T W y s» mart zan(ji)> jeh-e hanbasn (Jbave)t; he y^at hast [i] dev g'h 3 >Ps dwsdynw 4 ghdyww x sltk b>n 'pstnw BNPSH jeh: ut-as dusden jeh-dev sarSak bdn(uk)> apYTw si y hni'k gb> g ' h 5 s»n gl>n pyt»lktl 'L GBR' y hast sar i hamak [jeh] jeh devdn, gardn pitydraktar o mart i 'hlwbw Y ahrov. (31) >Ps dwsdynw y hmyw^tw ut-as dusden [i] (yeh-dev apdk mart i ahrov ? > ham-yuyt, 'hwkynytnw d NKD'nw I'd LWTH hmyw^tyhstw >Yr 'D dhokenitan i mdtakdn raS apdk ham-yuytihast, ku tdk NKD'n 'hwkyn-tw W 'hwkynytkyh NKDmw I'd ZGL'n mdtakdn dhokendt, ut dhokenltakih mdtakdn rah nardn 'hwkyn>nd MN x w y§k'lyh wlt'nd. '.' dhokendnd, hoc y^eskdrih vartdnd. (32) >PS 'HL wcytw sc-hptw srd'l y BNP§H ' Y T W >tw v >P§ ut-as pas vicit spdhpat sarddr i y^at hast *Az: ut-as 4 sc'hptw PWN hmk'lyh pr'c YHBWNtw HWHd 'YTw -sm W 4 spdhpat pat hamkdrih frdc ddt hend, hast Esm ut dmst'n W zlnvn W sew hwm>n>kyh y ^wl'S'n W ^wbpplyn W Zamastdn ut Zarmdn ut Sez, humdndkih i y^ardsdn ut *y v arpardn ut nymlwc W 'P'xtl Y nemroc ut apdytar. (33) sc'hptw MDM wcytw W >c gsnk srd'l W >ndk spdhpat apar vicit [ut] Az, gasnak(?) sarddr ut andak (30) * )WjJ/«. 2 V-HWI- 3 " * O O ' 4 I addit cod. ad finem lineae. 5 A ZERVANITE APOCALYPSE I 3 9 1 srd'l y 'YTw swd tsnw >ytwnwc zlm'n s>wn mwdk >ytwnwc sarddr, i hast su8 tisn, eton-ic zarmdn *sevan mohak, eton-%6 sew pl>ybwtw W >ybwtw Y sez frehbut ut *apebut. (34) PWN plskrtw pltwm c>l y >c B'YHWNyhytw v 'YTw HN> pat fraskart fratom car i Az tfahihet; hast et I'd MH sc'hptw srd'l 'YTw 'pTykc'nw dlwc'nw •; >lilmnw dwsdynw rdS ce spdhpat sarddr hastily *apdrikdn-ic druzdn, Ahriman dusden nylwk MN > dam kaS Zurvdn an harp ptmwnw y t'lykw W 'twrw'stlgwn lwb'kyh I'd pr»c 'L 'hlmnw *patmok i tank ut dturastar-gon ruvakih rdS frdc 6 Ahriman bwltw PWN DNH pwstw >YT DNH >YTw ZK z'b y >t X s hwm'n'kw burt pat en past ku en hast an zdy i ate^s humdndk swesnyk W hm'k d'm»n pts 'wst'pw'wmnnd BNPSH gwhl y >c socismk, ut hamdk daman pat-is ostdpomand, y^at gohr i Az d'lytwv >MT zym'nkw y 9000 SNTw BR> ptylptw >YF BR- h'C'b hlwscw ' X ww y ce-t pat (bun} be *patestdt ku be hdeeh harvisp ax" i 'St'wmnnd ywkw bwnystkyh 'Y/ 1 hm ZK MNW (yir)ravisn i apar evak- bunistakih, ku ham an ke 'pz'yynyt'l zt'l bwndkw L' plc'mynytw PWN y afizdyeriitdr zatdr, bavandak ne frazdmenit, pat avesdn zdy >p'ryk v w >cw HN> y LK BR' ywyytw 3 d'm LK ^wtw PWN *apdkih Az et i to be zoyet, ddm(i) to, ^"a< pat swd pr>c YMYTWNyt MH L> 'ypytw MN 'whrm' d'm'nw suS frdc miret, ce ne aydpet hoc Ohrmazd daman (35) 1 I addit cod. ad finem lineae. 2 3 9 2 R. C. ZAEHNER— •: hwm'n'kyh y zgw'y MNW B^YN MY' zywndk W y^arisn, humdndkih i (ya)zag-e ke andar dp zivandak, ut Ps BNPgH pts hm>y zywytw W >MTs tak dp hame dhokenet, *as y v at pat-is hame zlvet, ut kah-as MY' hcs L'WHL cw >ywkw cyhlyh> L> twb'n YHWWNtw >hwkynytn 'D ut Az evak-cihriha ne tuvdn but dhokenitan tdk d'm>nw plkndk YHWWNyt ZYs zwhl'nw PWN ywm>y lwb'kw daman parkandak bavet, *as zo(h)rdn pat yume ruvdk YHWWNtn y BYN d>m I'd MT BYN x wlt>lyh MNWs ut beron hac cihr. cihnk an *ke andar ^"artarih ke-s HY' >wbs bstkw v BR> cyhlykw k'mk'wmnndyh y MDM jdn ov-is bastak: be cihnk kdmakomandih i apar gwmycsnw MNW BNPSH wlnw KRYTWyhytw MNW PWN gumecisn ke y^at Varan -^dnihet ke pat wynsn y 'L BR' ZK y >ndlwnw hngycyhytw W cyhl y tnw venisn i 6 be an i andaron hangezlhet ut cihr i tan 'wst'pyhytw v bylwnw MN cyhl 'Icwkw y 'L kt>lc>y nywkyh ostdf&het: beron hac cihr drzok i o katdr-ic-e nevakih y HDYTWNyt 'ywp >snwytw "/ i venet ay dp asnavet. (37) KR> twp'y YTw swd tsnw v har tofi-e o 2 bayt: an i cihnk hast suS tisn ; ZK y BR> cyhlyk 'YTw lyc-kw ptylkw ZK y bylwnw MN cyhl an i be cihnk hast recdk pat1r(ayk; an i beron hac cihr 'YTw 'pwlyh' hndw^tn pynyh> BR' L> YHBWNtn Y hast appurihd handoytan, penlhd be ne ddtan. (35) 4 1 addit cod. ad finem lineae. A ZERVANITE APOCALYPSE I 393 (38) HN> >YTw MNWs SLYtlyh BYN plwnd W 'pdwm pyt>k et hast ke-s vattanh andar fravand. ut [afidom] paytak >YF 'pdwm cyhlglyh y >cw I'd >swhstw PWN hmzwhlyh y ku afidom *carganh i Az rah AsvahiU fat hamzo(h)nh i 'ylymnww plystkw BE' 'L dmyk Y'TWNytw ytw DNHc plm>ytw >YF GBR' HWHytw >L 'ytwnw gws6nd (niymdyet; en-ic framdyet ku mart het, md eton gospand BR> kwsyt'l YHWW 2 cygwiit'n pys pr>c PWN v K'Nsnw 3 ksytw •.• be kusltdr *bavet ceyon-tdn pes frdc pat *nun kuset. (39) >MTw nzd 'L plskrtw krt'lyh YHWWNytw ngw^syt-bn y kaS nazd 6 fraskart-lcartdrih bavet, niyd-^sitdrdn i 'swhstw plmmw MN gwscnd zt'lyh BSLY' W ^wlsnyh BR> wltynd Asvahist framdn hac gospand-zatanh gost [ut] -^arihvih be vartend, W 4 >ywkw nkylwkw y >c BR' k'hytw nywkyh y BYN tnw 'L 'YTw ut 4 evak *nerok i Az be kdhet, nevakih i andar tan 6 hast, BR> -n'pyhst tmycw t>l b'hlyh' MHYTWNyt mdwwdykkyh n lwsnwtl 'ypwyhytw '.' apertar patmocihet, ddnisndn rosntar aydfiihet. (40) prznd'n y MN nw ZL'WNnd >cw BYN tnw frazanddn i hac avesdn zayend Az andar tan 'P't"wndtykl W tnw km gndktl 'L y n w cyh L' *apdtydvandtar ut tan kam-gandaktar, 6 yazddn *cihr hmptwndtl v PWN 'mw^t'lyh y y»n MN pym ^wlsnyh wwltynd ham-patvand-tar. pat dmoytdrih i yazddn hac pem-^arisnih vartend; nymkw nylwkw y 'cw BR> k'hytw '." nemak nerok i Az be kdhet. (38) 1 '•OXJXJ' 2 ll"ti» bavet c o n J e c i t Anklesaria. 394 E. C. ZAEHNER— (41) 'LHs'nc ZL'WNsn>n '^wlsnyh I'd hwbwd km t'lykw avesdn-ic zdyisndn ax v arisnlh rd8 huboh, kam-tdnk, mynwg cyhl W >ZL-WNsnw>wmnnd YHWWNd Y menok-cihr ut azdyisnomand bavend. (42) W 'HL >c S'S L> »ptnw y nylwkw MN >whrm> ut pas Az *dev, ne aydftan i nerok hoc Ohrmazd d>m>n BR> hlmnw MNWs PWN sc'hpt-n srd'l ddmdn , be 5 Ahriman ke-s pat spdhpatdn sarddr pyt'kynytww lwcdkyh' BYN whrm' d'm>nw hanburt kunet, ce ne aydpem hoc Ohrmazd ddmdn zwhl'n '." zo(h)rdn. (43) PWN plm>n y 'hlmnw §>> y ^wltkw BR> >pshynytw v pat framdn i Ahriman dev i x"arto& be afisihenet. >pdwm ZK y 4 sc>hpt>n pr>c KTLWNd W 'HR 2 y 'hlmnw afldom an i 4 spdhpatdn frdc mdnend ut an 2 i Ahriman >cw Y Az. (44) pr'c 'L dmyk Y'TWNd >whrm> 'hlmnw slws >cwv 'L frdc 6 zarnik dyend Ohrmazd Ahriman, Sros Az. [o] >whnn> 'hlmnw MHYTWNytw ' y p y t w v ZKc I'd >MT »whrm> wysc d't'l y lwsnwyh Ahriman, car ne aydpet, dn-icrdh kaS Ohrmazd visp-ddtdr i rosriih, 'Ps t'lykyh y 'hlmnw pyt>>lkw * slwshl'b y ptm>nyk >YTw ut-as tdrikih i Ahriman pitydrak; Sros-ahrdy [i] patmdnik, hast mynwg y ptm>nw 'Ps pbybwtw W 'ybwtwyh y >cw pyt"lkw menok i patmdn, ut-as Frehbut ut *Apebut i Az pitydrak: hm blyhh HWHnd PWN kw^senw •/ hambreh hend pat (42) 1 Huo. (44) 1 I addit cod. ad finem lineae. A ZERVANITE APOCALYPSE I 395 (45) BR> cygwn >cw LWTH b x tykw YHWWNyt 'hlmnw be ceydn Az apdk ba-^ik (ne) bavet, Ahriman 'ywt'kw >Ps hmhmyml 3 2 y ywdtw gwhhl y 'YTw >whrm> evtdk, ut-as [ham] hamemywkw y hmgwhl y 'YTw >cw b^tyktl •.• >MTs 'yyb'l Sros, ut evak i ham-gohr i hast Az (i} bayfiktar: kah-as aSydr BR> lyh gyhtw hmbtyk pylwcyhytw "." be 6 hamemdlih *gast, hambatik perozihet. (46) >MT 57 SNTw ns scwlykglyh ZK y PWN bavet i Sosyans, spurnkganh an i *be 6 Zartust be YHBWNyhytw V dahihet. (47) MDM zltwstw >wgwn pyt'k >YT PWN 30 S'lkw BR- 'L apar Zartust bydn paytdk ku pat 30 sdlak be 5 hmpwrsyh y 'whrm> mtw 'Ps dynw ptylptw 'Ps ytykyh ham-pursih i Ohrmazd mat, ut-as den patiyraft, ut-as yazdikih Iwb'kynytw v PWN 57 §NTw dynw PWN 7 kyswl b'hlkwyh- ruvdkemt. pat 57 sdl den pat 7 kisvar bahrakihd BR' mtww v cygwn dynw 'L lwb'kyh mtw dlwc MN 'sk'lkw pyt'kyh be mat. ceydn den 5 ruvdkih mat, druz hac dskdrak-paytdkih y BR> 'L hcdl dmyk b'hlyh> nylwks'nw 'k'lyhstw V [i] be 6 hacaSar zamik . . . . 1 bahrihd neroksdn akdrihast. (48) 'MT ZK scwlgl 1 plystkw y 'YTw sws'ns plwnkww >ylymnw kah an spurrgar frestak i hast Sosyansparvdnak Airyaman PWN dmyk pyt'k YHWWNytw PWN hmhnd-ckyh PWN 30 s-lkw pat zamik paytdk bavet, pat ham-handdcakih pat 30 sdlak BR' pyhytw dlwc MN d'Hi'n '.' bavandak- ruvdkih dndf&het druz had daman. (49) >MT 'ybgtw 'L d>m mtw pr>6 6000 SNTw y 'wsmltykw y ka8 aftigat 6 dam mat, frdc 6000 sal i osmartik, i >YTw MN plwltynw BYRH >whrm> YWM whrm> YWM y gstw KTLWNtw YK'YMWNytw Fravarten mah, Ohrmazd roc [i] gast, mdnd estet, ili >wscwlykyh y 6000 SNTw y whycgykw 3 SNTw hwm>nkyh y v o uspurnkih i 6000 sal i vihezakik *4 sal humdndkih [i]: MH KR> 4 SNTw YWM y whyckw L> >pzwnw PWN 6000 SNTw ce har 4 sal roc-e vihezak, ne afizon; pat 6000 sal 4 SNTw hwm'n'kw YHWWNyt v PWN ZK g»s nys'n YHWWNytw 4 sal humdndk bavet. pat an gas nisdn bavet y lyst'^cw W scyhl BR> ywmbytw Iwbsnw ^wlsytw ni'h stwl'nw i ristdyez, ut Spihr be yumbet, ruvisn(i) -^arset mah, stardn wwwgt >ywkw YHWWNd v • cygwn scyhl wltsnyk >ndlwy W *ga8 aSvenak* bavend; ceyon Spihr vartisnik, andarvdy ut zlh'n KHDH dmyk W npnsn'nw MN cyhlyk BR' wltytw zrehdn hamist zamik ut mdnisndn hac cihnk n>kyh y csmkyh> y MY' KBD'nw gyw>k>nw pat zamik humdndkih i casmakihd i dp vasdn gydkdn csmk 't^s L'L' >wzynd ".* caimak dta^s ul uzend, (50) HN' I'd MH >whrm' PWN MY' BR' YHBWNtw PWN et rd8 ce Ohrmazd pat dp be ddt, pat 't^s plc'myhytw •.• MH MY' cyhl d'lytw y lwsn'kw W w^s'kw dta\s frazdmihet: ce dp cihr ddret i rosndk ut va^sak, (49) 1 conjecit Anklesaria.

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A Zervanite Apocalypse I

R. C. Zaehner