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Nāmak-nipēsišnīh

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2009

R. C. Zaehner
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Extract

This little text on the correct way to write letters is to be found in Pahl. Texts (ed. Jamasp-Asana), pp. 132–140. In transliteration I have followed the Pahlavī spelling as far as the ambiguity of that alphabet will permit. Thus, for I write bāt, though I have adopted bavāt for the ideogram. The text consists of a series of formulae to be used in writing formal letters: §§ 2–17 contain a selection of suitable proems; §§ 18–24 deal with condolence letters; §§ 28–36 appear again to be proems; and §§ 37 to the end give a selection of suitable epilogues.

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Research Article
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Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , February 1937 , pp. 93 - 109
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Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 1937

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