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Coin
Coin

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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