A tamga[a] or tamgha (from Old Turkic: 𐱃𐰢𐰍𐰀, romanized: tamga, lit. 'stamp, seal') was an abstract seal or brand used by Eurasian nomads initially as a livestock branding, and by cultures influenced by them. The tamga was used as a livestock branding …

Jun 26, 2019 · Tamgas are signs of group identity used by medieval Turkic nomads inhabiting Southern Siberia, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan. We describe eight groups of tamgas found in the Altai and in Semirechye,...

It is believed that tamgas originated as tribal totems, because the relicts of the totem tradition and tamgas frequently interlace. A brand mark for the chattel, the tamga found a myriad of other …

Research of regional-chronological properties of tamgas come to light the most influential aristocratic clans of Sarmato-Alans. Four basic criteria characterize them. 1. Putting tamgas on precious metals decorations. 2. Prevalence in the region (quantity, types of finds). 3. Representation in inter-regional ”encyclopedias”. 4.

The Kayı or Kayi tribe (Karakhanid: قَيِغْ romanized: qayïγ or qayig; Turkish: Kayı boyu, Turkmen: Gaýy taýpasy) were an Oghuz Turkic people and a sub-branch of the Bozok tribal federation.

It has long been known that for both the Early Turkic and Uygur Kaghanates in Mongolia the ruler’s tamga used to be placed in the upper part of stelae, whereas for later stelae from Tuva and Khakasia it was typically placed in the lower part (Kyzlasov, 1994: 225-230).

The tamga similar to the latter sign is known from the accumulation of signs of the Turkic time in the Zhaisan locality, in the southwest of the Chu-Ili region (Dosymbaeva, 2013: Photo on p. 238).

Dec 13, 2024 · A four-sided tamga, often placed atop wedding tents, is a visual reminder of the tribe’s enduring connection to its ancestral heritage. As guardians of a centuries-old cultural legacy, the Qashqai Turks exemplify the resilience of tradition in the face of modernization.

On the early medie- val coins of Chach related to the Western Turkic Qaghanate (568-740), there are four types of tamgas – a lyre-shaped one with its varieties, a tamga in the form of two crossed swords, an anchor-form tamga and the diamond-form one, and the fact comes under notice that similar tamgas were engraved on the coins of the ...

Among modern Turkic people, tamga is a design ascending to identification of property or cattle to belong to a specific Turkic clan, usually as a cattle brand or stamp. When Turkish clans took over more urban or rural areas, tamgas dropped out of use as pastoral ways of life became forgotten.