Prestigious Weapons, Horse Tack, and Warrior’s Attire from the Great Migration Period in Cimmerian Bosporos
Journal: Materials in Archaeology History and Ethnography of Tauria
Year: 2023

The symbolic role of prestigious weapons, horse tack, and “military” costume as the owner’s social level marker is well known. Moreover, the artefacts of “ceremonial” military dress and horse tack form reliable markers of cultural ties and military-political orientation of the ruling elites in ancient societies. Prestigious weapons were made by order or took as spoils of war. Furthermore, “ceremonial” weapons and horse tack were diplomatic gifts and appeared in symbolic investiture of barbarian