Title
Olarğu Kuşänşäh Seal
Obverse
Reverse
Dimensions
Impression: 58mm × 54mm
Sealing: 68mm × 70mm × 43mm
Culture
Qıdır Xunı (Kidarites)
Material
Dating
300 - 500
Reference
QX-OK-S-I
Location
Soğd (Sogdia), Sämärkänɀ (Samarqand)
Äryä Script:
[...]ο βαγο ογλαρ(γ)ο υονανο þ(α)ο οα(ζ)αρκο κο(þανοþ)[αο σαμαρ] κανδο αφþιιανο
[...]o bäğo oğlär(g)o únäno ş(ä)o oä(z)ärko Ku(şänoş)[äo sämär]känɀo äfşı́äno
“... 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 2.2 (Hc009)
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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