05-18-2013, 06:14 PM
Hi Vindex, I made a mistake in my last post in regards to geldings. The figure of 500 for geldings should be 500 to 600 geldings and foals. Just as a matter of interest I shall post image from book of what seems to me well preserved horse mummies from Pazyryk Kurgan.. Sorry about quality but took it off book with ipad camera and the more I lightened it the more detail was lost. Same with the other one of scythians training horses. These images off "The World Of The Scythians" by Renate Rolle.
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The other image concerns a query I had at the beginning of this thread about how would a heavily armoured Sarmatian mount his horse. The image is a sketch made of the Scythian figures depicted training horses on a Silver amphora from the Certomlyk kurgan (dated Fourth Century BC). Apparently the scythian on the top left is training the horse to kneel with one leg so a rider could mount it. Scythians like all races had their show offs, and some Scythians liked to pole vault onto the back of their horse with the use of their lance. Anyway this was also handy if a horseman was unhorsed and injured as if not too seriously hurt they could climb back onto their horse and make his escape.
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[attachment=7193]horsemummies.jpg[/attachment]
The other image concerns a query I had at the beginning of this thread about how would a heavily armoured Sarmatian mount his horse. The image is a sketch made of the Scythian figures depicted training horses on a Silver amphora from the Certomlyk kurgan (dated Fourth Century BC). Apparently the scythian on the top left is training the horse to kneel with one leg so a rider could mount it. Scythians like all races had their show offs, and some Scythians liked to pole vault onto the back of their horse with the use of their lance. Anyway this was also handy if a horseman was unhorsed and injured as if not too seriously hurt they could climb back onto their horse and make his escape.
[attachment=7192]scythianstraininghorses_2013-05-18.jpg[/attachment]
Regards
Michael Kerr
Michael Kerr
Michael Kerr
"You can conquer an empire from the back of a horse but you can't rule it from one"
"You can conquer an empire from the back of a horse but you can't rule it from one"
