...The names of the gods of oaths in the treaty documents exchanged between the kings of these two countries also appear, including those of the Vedic gods Mithra, Varuna, Indra, and Nasatya. Furthermore, in a book on horse training written in Hittite by a man named Kikkuri of the Mitanni Kingdom, Sanskrit numbers and words such as vartana (circumference, going around) are used as technical terms for horse training. These clearly suggest that there were people of Indo-Aryan descent among the upper classes of the Mitanni Kingdom. From the Kingdom of Mitanni...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 "Kickri" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…またこの両国の王が交わした条約の文書の中にみられる誓いの神の名にも,ミトラ,バルナ,インドラ,ナーサティアのように,ベーダ神話で活躍する神の名が登場する。さらにはミタンニ王国のキックリという人がヒッタイト語で書いた馬の調教の書の中にも,サンスクリットの数詞やvartana‐〈周り,廻り〉のような語が調教の専門語として用いられている。これらは明らかに,ミタンニ王国の上層部にインド・アーリヤ系の人たちがいたことを示唆している。… 【ミタンニ王国】より…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。… ※「キックリ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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