The Bactrian Inscription
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2807415 |
|---|---|
| Authors | W B Henning (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1960 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-55 |
| Publication date | 1960-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0041977x00148980 |
| OpenAlex | W1974508530 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
| References cited | 1 |
The long-awaited Greek-letter inscription discovered, on 6 May 1957, by the Délégation Archéologique Française en Afghanistan in the course of their excavations at 'Surkh-Kotal', the ancient Bagolango, has now been made public by M. André Maricq under the title of 'La grande inscription de Kaniṣka et l'étéo-tokharien, l'ancienne langue de la Bactriane', JA, CCXLVI, 4, 1958, 345-440. It is wonderfully well-preserved and, once one gets accustomed to the somewhat barbaric forms of certain letters, offers not the slightest difficulty to the reading. The difficulties lie elsewhere: this is the first substantial, and at the same time readable, document of the Iranian language once spoken in Bactria and, appropriately to a text in an unknown language, is slow in yielding its meaning to the scholar, who inevitably has to be guided partly by often contradictory internal evidence, partly by uncertain comparisons with related languages. All those devoted to Central Asian history and languages will be grateful to M. Maricq for his painstaking work and for his unselfishness in publishing this superb monument before being able to submit more than a partial interpretation
Ancient history · Art · Epigraphy · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Literature · Meaning (existential · Reading (process · Byzantine Studies and History · Classics · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Philosophy
Iranian Common Beliefs and World-View
Iran, Armenia and Georgia
The Political History of Iran Under the Arsacids
Minor States in Southern Iran
The Political History of Iran Under the Sasanians
Iran and China
Iran and Mesopotamia
Cultural Relations between Parthia and Rome
Iran and the Arabs before Islam
Iranians in Asia Minor
Irano-Turkish Relations in the Late Sasanian Period
The Political History of Transoxiana
The Iranian Settlements to the East of the Pamirs
The Karakhanids and early Islam
The geographic setting
The forest peoples of Manchuria
The History of Eastern Iran
The Hsiung-nu
Inner Asia at the dawn of history
The Hun period
The peoples of the Russian forest belt
The peoples of the south Russian steppes
The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia
The Kuṣāṇa Trilingual
Mit Wema Takhtu unterwegs, auch in Almosi und Reh
Bactrian in Issyk‐Kushan Script
The Kaniṣka Dating From Surkh Kotal
Mitra kuju Indias ja Mithra kuju Iraani usundites – uurimus võrdlevast mütoloogiast
Bactrian χϸονο ‘(calendar) year, (regnal) year’
Chinese and Indo-Europeans
| Unique citing works | 30 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,48 |
| Citation span | 1963 - 2026 (64) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 30 |