A Warrior on a Sarmatian Rython


Referenced on p.10, The Sarmatians 600 BC-AD 450 by Richard Brzezinski (Author), Gerry Embleton (Illustrator)
A bearded Sarmatian warrior armed with a spear. He wears a close-fitting jacket and trousers, both with decorated seams, and a cloak fastened at the neck by a circular brooch. Detail from a metal rython (drinking horn) found in the Kuban, 1st century BC or later. (Hermitage, St Petersburg: after Rostovtseff)



Tryphon in Sarmatian cavalry armour and costume, Tanais, 3rd century AD
Other Scythian, Saka, Yuezhi and Sarmatian Illustrations of Costume and Soldiers