12-12-2009, 02:51 PM
Are the any excavated examples of an akinakes that the Medes or Persians would have used in combat during the early to mid-Achaemenian dynasty? All the ones I've seen are either ceremonial (the golden ones) or come from the Steppe. I'm concerned that my Skythian-style dagger isn't correct for a Persian impression.
Dan D'Silva
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Far beyond the rising sun
I ride the winds of fate
Prepared to go where my heart belongs,
Back to the past again.
-- Gamma Ray
Well, I'm tough, rough, ready and I'm able
To pick myself up from under this table...
-- Thin Lizzy
Join the Horde! - http://xerxesmillion.blogspot.com/
