“Sulphur” in Sogdian

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A Passage in the Sogdian edition of the Manichæan Book of the Giants relates what punishment the angels meted out to the γίγανтες (Sogd. kwyšt, cf. βγyšt, etc.). They apply” ṯr nfṯṯ'ṯ[yy l–2]wqṯṯ “fire, naphtha, and?” It is a priori obvious that the third, damaged word is “sulphur”, and further confirmation (although not necessary) can be found in a similar sentence of the Middle Persian Kawān where we read: pd 'dwr npt' wd gwgyrd “with fire, naphtha, and sulphur” (both fragments are unpublished).