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К вопросу об оружии ближнего боя сарматов

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  • The combat knife was tied with a leather cord to the right arm of the warrior. This item was found in the burial mound Verbovsky I, mound 5, burial 1

  • The findings include a dagger (22 cm), two combat knives, a small wooden shield covered with leather, an ax on a long wooden handle, a heavy tip of “scrap”, a wedge-shaped ax, an iron ax, an iron hook with a bushing

  • The military burials of the Sarmatians in the Volga-Don interfluve contained separate items of weapons that could be used in close combats: a stone mace-battle-flail with a hole in the center of the ball, a long iron rod- battle-flail with a ring on a narrow side

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The Sarmatians used swords, bows and arrows, spears, darts in combats. A rider dropped from a horse, or a simple warrior, could protect themselves from the enemy by a fighting knife, ax, mace or a battle-flail. The military burials of the Sarmatians in the Volga-Don interfluve contained separate items of weapons that could be used in close combats: a stone mace-battle-flail with a hole in the center of the ball, a long iron rod- battle-flail with a ring on a narrow side. К ВОПРОСУ ОБ ОРУЖИИ БЛИЖНЕГО БОЯ САРМАТОВ Это оружие ближнего боя встречается в погребениях сарматских воинов.

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