From: george knysh
Message: 64841
Date: 2009-08-19
--- On Wed, 8/19/09, george knysh <gknysh@...> wrote:
(TP)Tamgas/gakks ... check
GK: Check what? BTW does Shchukin mention them? Not in your quotes... The authority here is Yatsenko. He has clearly explained that the mere presence of gakks (like "inhumations" GK) is not proof that you are dealing with a Sarmatian object, esp. if these gakks are accompanied by Germanic runes or symbols... So sorry Torsten, no check.
****GK: BTW I know of no Sarmatian grave in which gakk-ed objects were accompanied by Germanic runes or symbols (unlike the Germanic graves and finds). Not even in the Goth-dominated Chernyakhiv culture.****