02-19-2013, 02:12 AM
Oh! A very nice buckle. The open-work looks like a tamga, very appropriate. :woot:
Simonenko was recently discussed on another thread, Update on Sarmatian Weapons. Someone gave a link to his book, which was published just a few years ago. It's very helpful and accurate. Alecksandr Simonenko is a Ukranian archaeologist who has studied Sarmatian/Alanic weapons for years.
The akinakes pictured above has a leather holster with 4 "ears," but mamy originals were made from wood.
Simonenko was recently discussed on another thread, Update on Sarmatian Weapons. Someone gave a link to his book, which was published just a few years ago. It's very helpful and accurate. Alecksandr Simonenko is a Ukranian archaeologist who has studied Sarmatian/Alanic weapons for years.
The akinakes pictured above has a leather holster with 4 "ears," but mamy originals were made from wood.
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
