Barry Cunlife - The Scythians

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horse burial plot
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horse burial plot
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9.26 The burial of the Scythian king at Solokha showing the position of the gorytos, swords, mace, helmet,
greaves, and scale armour. The second burial, accompanied by spears, sword, and arrows, was probably
of the 9.26 king’s armour-bearer.
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of another man who appears to have been wearing scale armour. He may have been
the armour-bearer of the warrior king. To complete the picture, to the south side of
the royal burial was a small recess containing the funerary feasting equipment. There
were three cauldrons with an iron flesh hook and a bronze ladle. The burial assemblage
also included a bronze basin, a rhyton (drinking horn) with silver rim, and ten
Greek amphorae, once containing oil and wine. Not far away was the body of the
cup-bearer.
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