03-11-2013, 08:32 PM
Hi Alanus, I promise this will be my last question about the "Sagaris". I was reading a book called "Preserving the Frozen Tombs Of The Altai Mountains" where a lot of Scythian Kurgans have been found in the permafrost. I shall post a picture of a horse skull below.
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This horse was buried with his Scythian owner and I noticed the hole in the skull which looks like it was made with a sagaris. Being mounted warriors and like the images of the Orlat battle plaques which you posted previously show where there was an injured horse do you think that it would be normal practice for a Scythian/Sauromate/Sarmatian to put a wounded horse out of it's misery with this weapon/tool? Also for burials and religious ceremonies. One more picture although an artist's reconstruction of a Scythian Prince and his wife with goods found in their grave in Altai Mountains. He must have been wearing a sagaris and akenakes.
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[attachment=6665]horseskull.jpg[/attachment]
This horse was buried with his Scythian owner and I noticed the hole in the skull which looks like it was made with a sagaris. Being mounted warriors and like the images of the Orlat battle plaques which you posted previously show where there was an injured horse do you think that it would be normal practice for a Scythian/Sauromate/Sarmatian to put a wounded horse out of it's misery with this weapon/tool? Also for burials and religious ceremonies. One more picture although an artist's reconstruction of a Scythian Prince and his wife with goods found in their grave in Altai Mountains. He must have been wearing a sagaris and akenakes.
[attachment=6666]114067571-FROZEN-TOMBS-OF-THE-ALTAY-MOUNTANS_Part9-2.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"
