Alta Tama - Alta Tama

Japanese: アルタタマ - あるたたま
Alta Tama - Alta Tama

...The ruling Indo-Aryan tribes were called Mariyanna. Although much is unknown about their language, personal names such as Tushratta, Artatama, and Biridashva, names of gods such as Mithra, Indra, and Varuna, and numerals found in the Kikkuri manuscripts excavated at Boğazköy, suggest a connection to Sanskrit. The Mitanni Kingdom reached its height of power during the time of the Saustatar in the 16th and 15th centuries BC, and its territory included almost all of northern Syria, including Kizzuwatna and Alarak (Tel Atchana) in southeastern Asia Minor, and extended to the areas of Nuzi and Kirkuk on the east bank of the Tigris River in the east.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Altatama" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…支配者階級のインド・アーリヤ系の部族は,マリヤンナmariyannaと呼ばれていた。彼らの言語については不明な点が多いものの,トゥシュラッタ,アルタタマ,ビリダシュワといった人名,ミトラ,インドラ,バルナなどの神名,さらにボアズキョイ出土の〈キックリ文書〉に見られる数詞などから,サンスクリットとの関係が指摘されている。 ミタンニ王国は,前16,前15世紀のサウスタタルSaustatarのときに勢力が最大となり,その版図は小アジア南東部のキズワトナ,アララク(テル・アッチャナ)など北シリアのほぼ全域を含み,東部はティグリス川東岸のヌジ,キルクークの一帯にまで及んでいた。…

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