Seal of Tarkasnawa, King of Mira

late 13th century BCE (Hittite Empire)

4.2 cm 1 cm

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Luwian hieroglyphs surround a figure in royal dress. The inscription, repeated in cuneiform around the rim, gives the seal owner's name: Tarkasnawa, king of Mira. The name of the ruler was previously transliterated into English as Tarkondemos and Tarkummuwa. Other inscriptions...

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[Purchased at Smyrna (Izmir), ca. 1850]; A. Iovanoff, Constantinople (Istanbul), by 1861. Joseph Brummer, New York and Paris, 1925, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. P2348]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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Arzawan
माध्यम
silver

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