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PROF Almut Hintze's Outputs (106)

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.

Becoming an Athravan: A study of the training of Zoroastrian priests in India (2022)
Thesis
Daruwalla, K. D. Becoming an Athravan: A study of the training of Zoroastrian priests in India. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The Zoroastrian tradition distinguishes between the priestly class (Athornan) and the laity (Behdins). Only sons belonging to a priestly family are eligible to be initiated as priests, and upon initiation, gain the right and qualification to perform... Read More about Becoming an Athravan: A study of the training of Zoroastrian priests in India.

Edward William West and the Pahlavi codex MK (2021)
Journal Article
Hintze, A. (2021). Edward William West and the Pahlavi codex MK. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 31(3), 545-557. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1356186321000225

This article discusses some manuscripts copied and described by E. W. West in his Notebooks held at the Royal Asiatic Society, with special reference to the texts contained in the Pahlavi codex MK.

A new sealing of Pērōz from Tak̠t-e Solaymān and its historical context (2020)
Book Chapter
Moradi, Y., & Hintze, A. (2020). A new sealing of Pērōz from Tak̠t-e Solaymān and its historical context. In R. Gyselen (Ed.), Persia, 552 BCE-758 CE : primary sources, old and new (111-134). Groupe pour l'étude de la civilisation du Moyen-Orient

The fragment of the bulla under discussion here (inv.no. 10917) is one of 824 clay bullae recovered from the World Heritage site of Taḵt-e Solaymān during archaeological excavations conducted in 2002–2008 by an Iranian team under the direction of You... Read More about A new sealing of Pērōz from Tak̠t-e Solaymān and its historical context.

Maria Macuch and Iranian Studies (2019)
Book Chapter
Hintze, A. (2019). Maria Macuch and Iranian Studies. In D. Durkin-Meisterernst, C. Naumann, & A. Hintze (Eds.), A Thousand Judgements: Festschrift for Maria Macuch (175-192). Harrassowitz

A Thousand Judgements: Festschrift for Maria Macuch (2019)
Book
Hintze, A., Durkin-Meisterernst, D., & Naumann, C. (Eds.). (2019). A Thousand Judgements: Festschrift for Maria Macuch. Harrassowitz. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvh4zgqx

This volume in honour of Maria Macuch brings together twenty-six articles by friends and colleagues to celebrate the academic work of the foremost living expert of Sasanian law. The subjects covered here include Iranian linguistics and philology, Jud... Read More about A Thousand Judgements: Festschrift for Maria Macuch.

Narratives of religious identity: the self-perception of the Jacobite Syrian Christians of Kerala (2019)
Thesis
Knight, S. Narratives of religious identity: the self-perception of the Jacobite Syrian Christians of Kerala. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis examines the question of the religious self-definition of the Jacobite Syrian Christian community in Kerala. The leading question is: to what extent does the indigenous narrative of that community about their religious identity differ fro... Read More about Narratives of religious identity: the self-perception of the Jacobite Syrian Christians of Kerala.

BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking. Buses, beer and VR - a taste of university research. Episode about “Living Zoroastrianism”, using VR to experience a Zoroastrian fire ritual, at Being Human festival launch event at Senate House on 13 Nov. 2018. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00014qk (starting at minute 29). (2018)
Exhibition / Performance
Hintze, A. (2018). BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking. Buses, beer and VR - a taste of university research. Episode about “Living Zoroastrianism”, using VR to experience a Zoroastrian fire ritual, at Being Human festival launch event at Senate House on 13 Nov. 2018. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00014qk (starting at minute 29). [Audio]. 12 October 2018 - 15 December 2018. (Unpublished)

Living Zoroastrianism provides an immersive experience of the rituals and practices of the oldest monotheistic religion in the world. The VR headset puts the visitor in the centre of the Yasna - the central ritual of the Zoroastrian faith which symbo... Read More about BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking. Buses, beer and VR - a taste of university research. Episode about “Living Zoroastrianism”, using VR to experience a Zoroastrian fire ritual, at Being Human festival launch event at Senate House on 13 Nov. 2018. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00014qk (starting at minute 29)..