03-23-2013, 10:26 AM
Michael,
Thanks for your time in giving us Ovid. Yes, they were Iazyges (which I personally don't think were true Sarmatians, but that's just my bias). I'd forgotten about Ovid; and I also forgot to list Mikhail Treister's article, "On Sarmatian Type Weapons in the Bosphorus Kingdom, 1st to 2nd Centuries AD." It's available on the internet as a PDF, but no pics. He discusses the akinakes, which he calls "daggers," mentions the Type 1 Sarmatian sword (but no designation), and describes the same bow-case-quivers we find on the Orlat plaque. Also mentions how swords were carried on a warrior's back, so not conjecture as we sometimes think.
We're putting together a good list of resources.
mile:
Thanks for your time in giving us Ovid. Yes, they were Iazyges (which I personally don't think were true Sarmatians, but that's just my bias). I'd forgotten about Ovid; and I also forgot to list Mikhail Treister's article, "On Sarmatian Type Weapons in the Bosphorus Kingdom, 1st to 2nd Centuries AD." It's available on the internet as a PDF, but no pics. He discusses the akinakes, which he calls "daggers," mentions the Type 1 Sarmatian sword (but no designation), and describes the same bow-case-quivers we find on the Orlat plaque. Also mentions how swords were carried on a warrior's back, so not conjecture as we sometimes think.
We're putting together a good list of resources.
mile:
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
