Abstract
The paper publishes a cenotaph grave 16 from the Dzhurga-Oba cemetery in the Eastern Crimea. Based on the items retrieved from the grave (belt sets details), the grave is dated to the second half of the 5th – first half of the 6th centuries. Among the finds there is a straight single-edge knife that can be identified as scramasax. Its design and decoration reveal some elements of Oriental origin (iron guard) and Western origin (scabbard plates featuring bird heads as a decoration). The graves with scramasax are not numerous in the North Pontic region, possibly, they reflect a Sasanid military tradition.
| Translated title of the contribution | Bladed weapons from grave 16 dating to the migration period at the Dzhurga-Oba cemetery in the eastern Crimea |
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| Original language | Russian |
| Pages (from-to) | 235-252 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Kratkiye Soobshcheniya Instituta Arkheologii |
| Issue number | 263 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2021 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- Burial
- Cimmerian Bosporus
- Dzhurga-Oba
- Migration period
- Scramasax
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Archaeology
- History