03-27-2011, 12:25 PM
Salve,
this Russian site - military history of pre-Russian Siberia - has some interesting images & text related to Hunnic and pre-Hunnic northern Eursian steppe of Siberia
here Huns and their bows http://history.novosibdom.ru/?q=node/45 ( is is from a book by archaeologist)
Also they differentiate between the long pallasch and straight sword (Swietoslawski in Nomad Armour and Weapons... talks about a pallasch as a steppe weapon)
now here is Tashtyk culture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tashtyk_culture , with warriors similar to Orlat plaque http://history.novosibdom.ru/?q=node/33
I have the book on Benjamin of Yuezhi,and while they are quite interesting indeed, Yeuzhi seem to belong to Khalchayan-like warriors, with elongated skulls, and 'jockey cup' helmets, neck collars, and a whole body covering laminated and lammellar armor.
Simonenko in his book on the Sarmatians talks about these extra long swords, on page 68-69, and offers a reconstruction too - he ascribes these swords to the 1st century AD, but he dates Orlat to 2nd-1st century BC - and makes a connection between the Sagrat culture http://history.novosibdom.ru/?q=node/43 and Kuban Sarmatian culture, while another Russian writer and archaeologist talks about long swords and their prevalence in grave burials in the Black Sea Sarmatians.
Finally how to you view the Sassanid art showing long swords with that long grip in this context?
this Russian site - military history of pre-Russian Siberia - has some interesting images & text related to Hunnic and pre-Hunnic northern Eursian steppe of Siberia
here Huns and their bows http://history.novosibdom.ru/?q=node/45 ( is is from a book by archaeologist)
Also they differentiate between the long pallasch and straight sword (Swietoslawski in Nomad Armour and Weapons... talks about a pallasch as a steppe weapon)
now here is Tashtyk culture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tashtyk_culture , with warriors similar to Orlat plaque http://history.novosibdom.ru/?q=node/33
I have the book on Benjamin of Yuezhi,and while they are quite interesting indeed, Yeuzhi seem to belong to Khalchayan-like warriors, with elongated skulls, and 'jockey cup' helmets, neck collars, and a whole body covering laminated and lammellar armor.
Simonenko in his book on the Sarmatians talks about these extra long swords, on page 68-69, and offers a reconstruction too - he ascribes these swords to the 1st century AD, but he dates Orlat to 2nd-1st century BC - and makes a connection between the Sagrat culture http://history.novosibdom.ru/?q=node/43 and Kuban Sarmatian culture, while another Russian writer and archaeologist talks about long swords and their prevalence in grave burials in the Black Sea Sarmatians.
Finally how to you view the Sassanid art showing long swords with that long grip in this context?
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