Cimmerians once more [Was: Re: [tied] "One" in Albanian [Was: some

--- Lisa Darie <elixir032000@...> wrote:

> Based on written evidence from Herodotus, Lygdamis

*****GK: Lygdamis was not an author but a Cimmerian
king. The name does not seem to be Iranic.****

> and others and linguistic evidence from the names of
> their kings preserved in the Assyrian documents the
> Cimmerians were of Iranian origin. (The Ancient Near
> East by W.W. Hallo, W. Kelly Simpson)

*****GK: There is indeed a plausible case for this.
But on the basis of some ancient toponyms, Trubachov
has argued that they may have been Thracian. In any
event, the current "scientific wisdom" is that most
Cimmerians did not in fact leave their old country,
but were assimilated by the Royal Scythians, and the
latter were certainly Iranic.******

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