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Sun 04 Dec, 2005 6:18 am
Scythian sword with an engraving
Posts: 291 Location: NW Ark
Sun 04 Dec, 2005 9:04 am
Very nice!
I love akinakes!
It seems like archaeologists are digging up more and more "long akinakes" nowadays. A lot of them are in the sword-size range, and even a few large swords have been discovered.
Of course, for the late period, you get a lot of overlap between Scythian and Sarmatian burials, when the two cultures were beginning to seriously merge.
Do you have an approximate date and a find-place for this piece?
Posts: 25
Sun 04 Dec, 2005 11:15 am
John Cooksey wrote: |
Very nice!
I love akinakes!
It seems like archaeologists are digging up more and more "long akinakes" nowadays. A lot of them are in the sword-size range, and even a few large swords have been discovered.
Of course, for the late period, you get a lot of overlap between Scythian and Sarmatian burials, when the two cultures were beginning to seriously merge.
Do you have an approximate date and a find-place for this piece? |
circa 4-3 century B.C.
It is type of a Scythian sword, instead of Sarmatian!!!
Posts: 25
Sun 04 Dec, 2005 11:32 am
John Cooksey wrote: |
Very nice!
I love akinakes!
It seems like archaeologists are digging up more and more "long akinakes" nowadays. A lot of them are in the sword-size range, and even a few large swords have been discovered.
Of course, for the late period, you get a lot of overlap between Scythian and Sarmatian burials, when the two cultures were beginning to seriously merge.
Do you have an approximate date and a find-place for this piece? |
Here a Sarmatian dagger!
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