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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