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Representation of Aphrodite and Eros on Sasanian Clay Bullae: Evidence from the Firetemple of Ādur Gušnasp at Takht-e Solaymān (2025)
Journal Article
Moradi, Y., & Hintze, A. (2025). Representation of Aphrodite and Eros on Sasanian Clay Bullae: Evidence from the Firetemple of Ādur Gušnasp at Takht-e Solaymān. Iranian Studies, 58(1), 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1017/irn.2024.54

This article examines five Sasanian bullae from the fire temple of Ādur Gušnasp with seal impressions depicting Aphrodite and Eros, and Aphrodite Anadyomene, from the fire temple of Ādur Gušnasp. The original seal with Aphrodite and Eros likely dates... Read More about Representation of Aphrodite and Eros on Sasanian Clay Bullae: Evidence from the Firetemple of Ādur Gušnasp at Takht-e Solaymān.

The Pahlavi Psalter in its Historical Context (2024)
Book Chapter
Hintze, A. (2024). The Pahlavi Psalter in its Historical Context. In M. Macuch, & A. Zeini (Eds.), Deciphering the Illegible: Festschrift in Honour of Dieter Weber (175-201). Harrassowitz

Righteousness is Good. A New Interpretation of the Seal from Yarim Tepe in the Daregaz Plain, Khorasan, Iran (2024)
Journal Article
Moradi, Y., & Hintze, A. (2024). Righteousness is Good. A New Interpretation of the Seal from Yarim Tepe in the Daregaz Plain, Khorasan, Iran. Iran and the Caucasus, 28(2), 125-139. https://doi.org/10.1163/1573384X-02802002

This paper discusses a Sasanian sealstone discovered in 2014 at the archaeological site of Yarim Tepe in Khorasan, northeastern Iran. Although a surface find, the fact that this sealstone is provenanced is significant because this sets it apart from... Read More about Righteousness is Good. A New Interpretation of the Seal from Yarim Tepe in the Daregaz Plain, Khorasan, Iran.

An enigmatic word in the Gathas: auuǝ̄mīrā in Yasna 49.10 (2024)
Book Chapter
Hintze, A. (2024). An enigmatic word in the Gathas: auuǝ̄mīrā in Yasna 49.10. In A. Cantera, É. V. Pirart, & C. Redard (Eds.), at̰ hōi aōjī zaraϑuštrō paōuruuīm ¿Habló Zaraϑuštra? Homenaje a Jean Kellens en su 80º anniversario (125-135). Sociedad de Estudios Iranios y Turanios

This article discusses various proposal for analysing the enigmatic form auuǝ̄mīrā, which constitutes the last word of the Gathic stanza Yasna 49.10. It is then proposed that the word is best understood as *a-u̯i-mī-ra- ‘undiminishing’. Being a compo... Read More about An enigmatic word in the Gathas: auuǝ̄mīrā in Yasna 49.10.

The Conclusion of the Ritual: A Critical Edition of Yasna 62–72 with Linguistic and Ritual Commentary (2024)
Thesis
Damanins, S. The Conclusion of the Ritual: A Critical Edition of Yasna 62–72 with Linguistic and Ritual Commentary. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Written as part of my collaboration at the ERC-funded “The Multimedia Yasna” (MUYA) project, this thesis is concerned with the final ten chapters 62–72 of the Zoroastrian ritual known as Yasna. The work comprises a discussion of the methodology emplo... Read More about The Conclusion of the Ritual: A Critical Edition of Yasna 62–72 with Linguistic and Ritual Commentary.

Zoroastrian Views on Suffering and Death (2023)
Book Chapter
Hintze, A. (2023). Zoroastrian Views on Suffering and Death. In M. Grebe, & J. Grössl (Eds.), T and T Clark Handbook of Suffering and the Problem of Evil (577-588). Bloomsbury. https://doi.org/10.5040/9780567682468.0082

The presence of Evil in the world in the face of a wholly good God constitutes a major theme in Zoroastrianism, as it does in many other religions. The problem of theodicy is here resolved by the view that Evil is eternal and uncreated and exists sep... Read More about Zoroastrian Views on Suffering and Death.

Interactions between religious minorities and the Zoroastrian fire temple in the light of new clay sealings from Taḵt-e Solaymān (2023)
Book Chapter
Moradi, Y., & Hintze, A. (2023). Interactions between religious minorities and the Zoroastrian fire temple in the light of new clay sealings from Taḵt-e Solaymān. In R. Gyselen (Ed.), Reflets d'époques sassanide et post-sassanide (224-760) (153-176). Groupe pour l'étude de la civilisation du Moyen-Orient

This article addresses, for the first time, seal impressions of four bullae, discovered by Yousef Moradi at the World Heritage site of Taḵt-e Solaymān, showing Jewish and Christian iconography in the context of the economic and administrative activit... Read More about Interactions between religious minorities and the Zoroastrian fire temple in the light of new clay sealings from Taḵt-e Solaymān.

The Avestan Hymn to Sraoša - Yasna 56 and 57: A Critical Edition with Commentary and Glossary (2023)
Thesis
Grassi, C. The Avestan Hymn to Sraoša - Yasna 56 and 57: A Critical Edition with Commentary and Glossary. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The aim of this thesis is to provide a comprehensive study of chapter 56 and 57 of the Yasna, a text known as Srōš Yašt, that is the Avestan hymn dedicated to the god Sraōša. The thesis includes a new critical edition of the text, based on 31 liturgi... Read More about The Avestan Hymn to Sraoša - Yasna 56 and 57: A Critical Edition with Commentary and Glossary.

The Sanskrit Version of Yasna 1-8 (2022)
Thesis
Palladino, M. The Sanskrit Version of Yasna 1-8. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The present work constitutes a study of the first eight chapters of the Sanskrit version of the Yasna, the core ritual of the Zoroastrian religion. It includes a new edition of the Sanskrit text, accompanied by the corresponding Avestan one, a transl... Read More about The Sanskrit Version of Yasna 1-8.