Akinakkes?

[hoplite14gr]

Is is not beyond doubt but some people describe those with "narrow bladed" axes as "Skythians" and the those broad bladed axes as "Phrygians" or "Paphlagonians". I cannot rule out the possibility of Skythians with broad bladed axes but the narrow bladed axe is considered traditionally Skythian.

Narrow bladed axe with back spike is considered as weapon of the "Saka with the tall hats" (Saka Tigrakhauda) because it was mostly found in the locations were Herodotus and Strabo and Ptolemy say that the Sakas lived.
One book I have about Marathon quotes the "Soviet Encyclopedia" and other Russian Sources about the Sakas.

Kind regards