Title
Olarğu Kuşänşäh Seal
Obverse
Reverse
Dimensions
Impression: D: 46mm
Sealing: 62mm × 60mm × 31mm
Culture
Qıdır Xunı (Kidarites)
Material
Dating
300 - 500
Reference
QX-OK-S-Ib
Location
Soğd (Sogdia), Sämärkänɀ (Samarqand)
Äryä Script:
[...]ζ[...]ο βαγο ολαρ(γ)ο υοναν(ο) þαο ο(α)ζ(αρκ)ο (κ)οþανοþαο σαμ(α)ρκ(α)[ν](δ)ο
[...]z[...]o bäğo olär(g)o únän(o) şäo o(ä)z(ärk)o (K)uşänoşäo säm(ä)rk(ä)[n](ɀ)o
“... Lord Olarğu, the şah of the Xunı, the great Kuşänşäh, (the Äfşı́än of) Sämärkänɀ”
Olarğu is a Turkified variant of Äryä ορλαγνο or Orlagno, also known in Pärsig as Bähräm, an Indo-Iranic god of victory.
Aman ur Rahman Collection
Accession Number: AA 2.3 (Hc158)
Reference(s)
Lerner Judith A Nicholas Sims-Williams ur Aman Harry Falk and Michael Alram. 2011. Seals Sealings and Tokens from Bactria to Gandhara : 4th to 8th Century Ce. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
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