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Locus

Nuzi

Nuzi at modern Yorghan Tepe, Iraq was an ancient Mesopotamian city 12 kilometers southwest of the city of Arrapha and 70 kilometers southwest of Sātu Qala, located near the Tigris river.

Mithraic monuments of Nuzi

 

Seal of King Šauštatar of Mitanni

Royal Mitannian seal featuring a winged solar emblem and heroic combat scenes from the cultural milieu in which the earliest attestation of Mitra is found.

References

  • Asko Parpola (2002) From the Dialects of Old Indo-Aryan to Proto-Indo-Aryan and Proto-Iranian
  • Diana Stein (1993) The Seal Impressions
  • Edith Porada (1947) Seal Impressions of Nuzi
  • Matteo Compareti (2007) The Eight Pointed Rosette: A Possible Important Emblem in Sasanian Heraldry
  • Peter Mark Adams (2025) Ritual & Epiphany in the Mysteries of Mithras
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