ORIENTAL STUDIES IN ARMENIA VOLUME 3 Արևելագիտությունը Հայաստանում, հատոր 3 | Page 180

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THE “HOUSE OF TORGOM” IN WRITTEN SOURCES
Tsakanyan Ruslan
(Institute of Oriental Studies, NAS RA)
In the article the author presents all available written data concerning
the city of Tegarama, attested to in ancient Near Eastern, classical, Biblical and
medieval written sources (Old/Neo-Assyrian - Tégarama, Tīl-Garimmu Hittite -
Ta/e/ig/k/qaram(m)a, Luwian - Lá/í/u-ka+ra/i-ma, Biblical - Byt-Tgrmh, Byt-
Trgmh (‫ָה‬
‫ְמ‬
‫ַר‬
‫תּוֹג‬ ‫ית‬ ‫בּ‬ ֵ ), Armenian – Թեգարամա, «Տուն Թորգոմա»).
According to Armenian sources, Patriarch Torgom was the father of
Hayk - the eponym of Armenian nation. It is obvious that Torgom was the
Patriarch of a guardian "House-Hearth" of Armenian people, from whom were
named Bet-Torgāmā - "Togarma's House" or "generations of the house of
Togarma", i.e. "Torgom's Dynastiy". In later Armenian environment traces of
the sacred-patriarchal "House-Hearth" are still visible.
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