Scythian Armour

[bachmat66]

hello Ruben,
another question - is the catalogue all in German? - I sprache kein Deutsch -
I found it for about 40 dollars with shipping - not bad for for big book of muzeum quality pictures and academic texts...

Yes, unfortunately it is entirely in German.... For instance, the perfectly preserved sagaris of one of the two warriors was not included in the book, despite the fact that it was one of the most spectacular items on display from that burial.

Hello
then this is a sorrowful state of affairs .. too bad, perhaps they will do one in US one day soon eg I got the Golden Deer of Eurasia catalogue, very nice
by the way I started reading messer Rudenko's Frozen Tombs of Pazyryk - interestingly back then in the 1970s it was thought that at least some of the kurgan finds came from 3rd century BC, and not 6-5th centuries BC the way like Rudenko proposed. Anyway, the saddles and briddles are most interesting.. look similar to these Chinese ones form 3rd century as well as to the Saka belt plate of a resting hero under a tree
Too bad no arms nor armour were saved as the robbers had plundered these kurgans before the digs..
Do you remember how long that Altai sagaris was.
I got to look for the new Arzan/Altai finds on the Russian net, perhaps these finds may come up