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CURRICULUM VITAE Prods Oktor Skjærvø 950 Massachusetts Avenue, Apt. 519 Cambridge, MA 02139 Publications Theses Undersøkelser til verbalsystemet i gammelpersisk og vestlig middel-iransk (Studies in the verbal systems of Old Persian and western Middle Persian), M.A. thesis, Oslo and Copenhagen, 1974 (115 pp. xerox, unpublished, but see nos. 29, 33). The Paikuli inscription, restoration and interpretation. Pt. 1 Restored text and translation (109 pp.). Pt 2. In- troduction and commentary. Doctoral thesis, Oslo, Norway, 1981 (27 + 311 pp., xerox). The Khotanese Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra. Pt. 1. The manuscripts: transcription with critical apparatus and indices (34 + 168 pp., xerox). Pt. 2. Synoptic Khotanese text and English translation containing the corresponding Sanskrit text compared with the Tibetan and Chinese versions (403 pp., xerox). Pt. 3. Commentary (44 + 22 pp., xerox). Doctoral Habilitation thesis. Mainz, West Germany, 1983. Festschrift Iranian and Zoroastrian Studies in Honor of Prods Oktor Skjærvø, ed. Carol Bromberg, Nicholas Sims- Williams, and Ursula Sims-Williams, BAI 19, 2005 [pub. 2009]. Books, articles, and reviews 1975 1 “Notes on the dialects of Mīnāb and Hormoz,” Norwegian Journal of Linguistics (NTS) 29, 1975, pp. 113-128. 2 Review: J. Hampel, Die Kopenhagener Handschrift Cod. 27, Wiesbaden, 1974, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes 67, 1975, pp. 306-308 (with J. P. Asmussen). 1976 3 “Sogdian Notes,” Acta Orientalia 37, 1976, pp. 111-116. 1977 4 Review: W. Eilers, Westiranische Mundarten aus der Sammlung W. Eilers. Die Mundart von Chunsar (herausgegeben unter Mitarbeit von U. Schapka), Wiesbaden, 1976, in Acta Orientalia 38, 1977, pp. 373- 381. 1978 5 The Sassanian inscription of Paikuli, with H. Humbach, Wiesbaden. I: Supplement to Herzfeld’s Paikuli, by H. Humbach, 1978 (28 pp., 116 figs). 1979 6 “The interpretation of the Paikuli inscription,” in Akten des VII. Internationalen Kongresses für Iranische Kunst und Archäologie München 7.-10. September 1976, Berlin, 1979, pp. 329-331. 7 “Georg Morgenstierne,” Acta Orientalia 40, 1979, pp. 5-10. P. O. SKJÆRVØ, CURRICULUM VITAE: PUBLICATIONS 1980 8 The Sassanian inscription of Paikuli II: Synoptic tables, with H. Humbach, Wiesbaden, 1980 (12 pp., 15 folding tables). 9 Studies in the Vocabulary of Khotanese, with R. E. Emmerick, Vienna, 1980 (133 pp.). 1981 10 “The Old Khotanese fragment H 147 NS 115 and remarks on Old Khotanese hamdärväto, patīśu, vya and ya,” Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 44/3, 1981, pp. 453-467. 11 Review: I. M. Diakonoff and V. A. Livshits, Parthian Economic Documents from Nisa III, ed. D. N. MacKenzie, in Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum II: Inscriptions of the Seleucid and Partian periods and of eastern Iran and Central Asia II: Parthian I, London, 1979, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 44/1, 1981, p. 222. 12 Review: W. Eilers, Westiranische Mundarten aus der Sammlung W. Eilers II: Die Mundart von Gäz, 2 vols. (herausgegeben unter Mitarbeit von U. Schapka), Wiesbaden, 1979, in Die Welt des Islam 20, 1981, pp. 207-209. 1982 13 Review: C. J. Brunner, Sasanian stamp seals in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1978, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1982, p. 59. 14 Review: D. Monchi-Zadeh, Die Geschichte Zarēr’s, Uppsala, 1981, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Soci- ety, 1982, pp. 191-192. 1983 15 The Sassanian inscription of Paikuli, III.1 Restored text and translation and III.2 Commentary by P. O. Skjærvø, with H. Humbach, Wiesbaden, 1983 (152, 160 pp.). 16 “Case in inscriptional Middle Persian, inscriptional Parthian and the Pahlavi Psalter,” Studia Iranica 12, 1983, 1, pp. 69-94; 2, pp. 151-181. 17 “‘Kirdir’s Vision’: Translation and Analysis,” Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran 16, 1983 [publ. 1985], pp. 269-306. 18 Review: W. Sundermann, Mitteliranische manichäische Texte kirchengeschichtlichen Inhalts mit einem Appendix von N. Sims-Williams, Berliner Turfantexte XI, Berlin, 1981, in Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes 133/2, 1983, pp. 453-454. 19 Review: M. Macuch, Das Sasanidische Rechtsbuch ”Mātakdān-i Hazār Dātistān” (Teil II), Wiesbaden, 1981, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1983, pp. 112-113. 20 Review: H. W. Bailey, Khotanese Buddhist Texts, revised edition, Cambridge, 1981, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1983, pp. 120-121. 21 Review: W. Meid and K. Heller, Italienische Interferenzen in der lautlichen Struktur des Zimbrischen, Vienna, 1979, in Beiträge zur Namensforschung, N.F., 18.2, 1983, 220-223. 22 Review: J. Narten, Die Aməša Spəṇtas im Avesta, Wiesbaden, 1982, in Kratylos 28, 1983 [1984], pp. 77- 81. 1984 23 “Farnah: mot mède en vieux-perse?” Bulletin de la Société Linguistique 79, 1984, pp. 241-259. 24 “On the editing of Khotanese Buddhist texts,” in Middle Iranian Studies. Proceedings of the Interna- tional Symposium organized by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven from the 17th to the 20th of May 1982, ed. by W. Skalmowski and A. van Tongerloo, Louvain, 1984, pp. 151-158. 25 Review: P. Gignoux and R. Gyselen, Sceaux sasanides de diverses collections privées in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1984, p. 142. 2 February 11, 2014 P. O. SKJÆRVØ, CURRICULUM VITAE: PUBLICATIONS 26 Review: R. E. Emmerick, A Guide to the Literature of Khotan, Tokyo, The Reiyukai Library, 1979, in Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 66, 1984, no. 3, 298-300. 1985 27 “Khotanese v- < Old Iranian *dw-,” Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 48/1, 1985, pp. 60-73. 28 “Thematic and linguistic parallels in the Achaemenian and Sassanian inscriptions,” in Papers in Honour of Professor Mary Boyce II, Acta Iranica 25, Leiden, 1985, pp. 593-603. 29 “Remarks on the Old Persian verbal system,” Münchener Studien zur Sprachwissenschaft 45, 1985, pp. 211-227 (= Festgabe für K. Hoffmann). 30 Review: K. Roehrborn and W. Veenker, eds., Sprachen des Buddhismus in Zentralasian. Vorträge ..., Wiesbaden, 198-, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 48/1, 1985. 1986 31 Studia Grammatica Iranica. Festschrift für Helmut Humbach, ed., with R. Schmitt, Munich, 1986 (Münchener Studien zur Sprachwissenschaft, Beiheft 13, N.F.). 32 “Khotanese fragments of the Vimalakīrtinirdeśasūtra,” in Kalyānamitrāragaṇam. Essays in Honour of N. Simonsson, Uppsala, 1986, pp. 229-260. 33 “Verbs in Parthian and Middle Persian inscriptions,” in Studia Grammatica Iranica. Festschrift für Helmut Humbach, ed. by R. Schmitt and P. O. Skjærvø, Munich, 1986, 425-439. 34 “A fragment of a column with a Pahlavi funerary inscription,” in Ursula Seidl, Iranische Denkmäler, Lief. 12: Iranische Felsreliefs H: Die elamischen Felsreliefs von Kūrāngūn und Naqš-e Rustam, mit einem Anhang von P. O. Skjærvø, Berlin, 1986, 25. 35 “Ard Yašt,” in the Encyclopædia Iranica II/4, 1986, 355-356. 36 Review: Z. Taraf, Der Awesta Text Niyāyiš, Munich, 1981, in Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 81, 1986, no. 5, 502. 1987 37 Studies in the Vocabulary of Khotanese II, with R. E. Emmerick, Vienna, 1987 (171 pp.). 38 “Aša. Old Persian Arta,” in the Encyclopædia Iranica II/7, 1987, 696. 39 “Aši in the Younger Avesta,” in the Encyclopædia Iranica II/7, 1987, 752. 40 “The legend of Aśoka in Khotanese,” in the Encyclopædia Iranica II/7, 1987, 782-83. 41 “The legend of Aśoka and the founding of Khotan,” in the Encyclopædia Iranica II/7-8, 1987, 783-85. 42 “On the Tumshuqese Karmavācanā,” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1987, pp. 77-90 1987. 43 “Āsrēštār,” in the Encyclopædia Iranica II/8, 1987, pp. 801-802. 44 “Aštād yašt,” in the Encyclopædia Iranica II/8, 1987, p. 826. 45 “Aswār,” in the Encyclopædia Iranica II/8, 1987, p. 877. 46 “Aždahā i. In Old and Middle Iranian,” in the Encyclopædia Iranica III/1, 1987, pp. 191-199. 47 Review: Orientalia Jacques Duchesne-Guillemin Emerito Oblata, Acta Iranica 23, Leiden, 1984, in Bul- letin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 50/2, 1987, pp. 379-382. 1988 48 “Bag nask,” in the Encyclopædia Iranica III/4, 1988, pp. 400-401. 49 “Bagān yašt,” in the Encyclopædia Iranica III/4, 1988, pp. 406. 50 “The Khotanese Hṛdayasūtra,” in A Green Leaf. Papers in Honour of J. P. Asmussen, Acta Iranica, Leiden, 1988, pp. 157-71. 51 “Bardesanes,” in the Encyclopædia Iranica III/7-8, 1988, pp. 780-85. 52 “Bariš nask,” in the Encyclopædia Iranica III/8, 1988, pp. 799-800. 53 “Barsom yašt,” in the Encyclopædia Iranica III/8, 1988, p. 827. 3 February 11, 2014 P. O. SKJÆRVØ, CURRICULUM VITAE: PUBLICATIONS 54 “Baškardi,” in the Encyclopædia Iranica III/8, 1988, pp. 846-850. 55 Review: K. Kamioka et al., Lārestāni Studies 1-2, Tokyo, 1979, 1986, in Journal of the American Oriental Society 108/2, 1988, pp. 325-326. 56 Review: H. Hoffmann and L. Sander: Kleinere Sanskrit-Texte Heft V. Bruchstücke des Āṭānāṭikasūtra aus dem zentralasiatischen Sanskritkanon der Budhiste. Nachtrag zu ”Kleinere Sanskrit-Texte,” Hefte III-V” zusammengestellt von Lore Sander. Stuttgart, 1987, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1988, pt. 2, pp. 428-429. 1989 57 “Languages of Southeast Iran: Lārestānī, Kumzārī, Baškardī,” in Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum, ed. R. Schmitt, Wiesbaden 1989, pp. 363-369. 58 “Modern East Iranian Languages,” in Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum, ed. R. Schmitt, Wiesbaden 1989, pp. 370-383. 59 “Pashto,” in Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum, ed. R. Schmitt, Wiesbaden 1989, pp. 384-410. 60 “Yidgha and Munǰī,” in Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum, ed. R. Schmitt, Wiesbaden 1989, pp. 411- 416. 61 “Verbal ideograms and the imperfect in Middle Persian and Parthian,” in Études irano-aryennes offertes à Gilbert Lazard, Studia Iranica, cahier 7, 1989, pp. 333-54. 62 “Buddhism. iii. Buddhist literature in Khotanese and Tumshuqese,” in: Encyclopædia Iranica IV/5, 1989, pp. 499-505. With R. E. Emmerick. 63 Review: Ph. Gignoux, Noms propres sassanides en moyen-perse épigraphique, Iranisches Personenna- menbuch II/2, ed.
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    12 Mackenzie 1226 15/11/2004 10:42 Page 206 NEIL MACKENZIE Inh. G. Schmuck 12 Mackenzie 1226 15/11/2004 10:42 Page 207 David Neil MacKenzie 1926–2001 DAVID NEIL MACKENZIE passed away in Bangor on 13 October 2001, following multiple complications that resulted from a deteriorating heart disease from which he had suffered for some years. With him, Iranian Studies lost an outstanding representative, whose scholarly competence and interests spanned a broad range of ancient and modern Iranian lan- guages: such comprehensiveness is becoming increasingly unusual in modern times. Several of MacKenzie’s philological publications, espe- cially those concerning (New Iranian) Kurdish and the two Middle Iranian languages, Middle Persian and Khwarezmian, are by now well established as standard works of reference and will surely remain so for a long time. Neil (as he was known to his family and friends) was born in London on 8 April 1926, the first of the two children of the British colonial offi- cer David MacKenzie (of Scottish extraction) and his wife Ada (known as Jerry), née Hopkins. His father served at various places in West Africa, but had to return to England in the early 1930s for health reasons. In the following years he worked as a civil servant, and the family changed their place of residence several times. His son Neil thus attended schools in Slough, Windsor and Cambridge. Shortly after the outbreak of the Sec- ond World War, Neil’s mother left England for Canada, together with his younger sister. Neil chose not to go, but stayed in England with his father.
  • Publications

    Publications

    CURRICULUM VITAE Prods Oktor Skjærvø 950 Massachusetts Avenue, Apt. 519 Cambridge, MA 02139 Publications Theses Undersøkelser til verbalsystemet i gammelpersisk og vestlig middel- iransk (Investigations into the verbal systems of Old Persian and western Middle Persian), M.A. thesis, Oslo and Copenhagen, 1974 (115 pp. xerox, unpublished, but see nos. 29, 33). The Paikuli inscription, restoration and interpretation. Pt. 1 Restored text and translation (109 pp.). Pt 2. In- troduction and commentary. Doctoral thesis, Oslo, Norway, 1981 (27 + 311 pp., xerox). The Khotanese Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra. Pt. 1. The manuscripts: transcription with critical apparatus and indices (34 + 168 pp., xerox). Pt. 2. Synoptic Khotanese text and English translation containing the corresponding Sanskrit text compared with the Tibetan and Chinese versions (403 pp., xerox). Pt. 3. Commentary (44 + 22 pp., xerox). Doctoral Habilitation thesis. Mainz, West Germany, 1983. Festschrift Iranian and Zoroastrian Studies in Honor of Prods Oktor Skjærvø, ed. Carol Bromber, Nicholas sims-Williams and Nicholas Sims-Williams, BAI 19, 2005 [2009]. Books, articles, and reviews 1975 1 “Notes on the dialects of Mīnāb and Hormoz,” Norwegian Journal of Linguistics (NTS) 29, 1975, pp. 113-128. 2 Review: J. Hampel, Die Kopenhagener Handschrift Cod. 27, Wiesbaden, 1974, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes 67, 1975, pp. 306-308 (with J. P. Asmussen). 1976 3 “Sogdian Notes,” Acta Orientalia 37, 1976, pp. 111-116. 1977 4 Review: W. Eilers, Westiranische Mundarten aus der Sammlung W. Eilers. Die Mundart von Chunsar (herausgegeben unter Mitarbeit von U. Schapka), Wiesbaden, 1976, in Acta Orientalia 38, 1977, pp. 373- 381. 1978 5 The Sassanian inscription of Paikuli, with H.