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Coin
Coin

Title

Olarğu Kuşänşäh Seal

Obverse

Reverse

Dimensions

Impression: 43mm × 38mm
Sealing: 62mm × 47mm × 25mm

Culture

Qıdır Xunı (Kidarites)

Material

Dating

300 - 500

Reference

QX-OK-S-Ic

Location

Soğd (Sogdia), Sämärkänɀ (Samarqand)

Äryä Script:


[...][ο](αζαρ)κο κοþ(ανοþα)[ο][...](α)ν(ο)


[...][o](äzär)ko Kuş(änoşä)[o][...](ä)n(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 2.1 (Hc008)


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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