Re: [tied] Ringknaufschwerter

--- tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

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> I've come across the term 'Ringknaufschwerter' or
> 'swords with a
> ring-shaped pommel'. Question to George Knysh: Is it
> possible to
> relate them to any particular ethnic group in a
> North-of-the-Black-
> Sea archaeological setting?
>
> Torsten

*****GK: I don't know if it's the same thing, but
Sarmatian swords of the 2nd.c. Bc-1rst c. AD
frequently had pommels shaped like a circle. I've seen
depictions of two such, both of the 1rst c., one from
a grave in Kaniv (near Kyiv) and another from the
Crimea.******

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