Scythian Rhyton from the Louvre Museum

 Salvete Omnes,

a short entry today:
the Louvre Museum graciously made available on their website a collection  of photographs of one highly unusual silver rhyton. 
Allegedly this artwork comes from the Pontic steppe - Crimea and/or Kherson area etc - and was acquired by the museum in 1960s.
The vessel, shaped like a head of a wild boar, is decorated with some highly unusual art showing the Pontic Scythians and their horse in full tack. 
This work has never been seen by me and upon doing some research  I came upon some scholars who question its alleged origin  - the IV century BC. My friend and scholar dr Patryk Skupiniewicz, when asked, also was highly skeptical about this rhyton's origin. 
But the figures are quite splendid and beautiful, so let us enjoy this art for what it is prima facie  

the images are posted under the  Louvre  copyright as per their terms and conditions - 4.1.1 & 4.1.2.

Valete

Chertomlyk gorytos & scabbard revisted

 Salvete Omnes

long time ago, Internt time long, I posted this entry - including  some articles and one drawing-rendering {I can now do a better work on this rendering) from the scabbard found along with the gorytos at the Chertomlyk kurgan.

so a little update - I noticed a couple days ago that someone posted much better photo of the gorytos and scabbard from Chertomlyk - nowadays at the Azov Museum. 

 

and the Scythians or rather non-Greek warriors from the scabbard - including one with a long spear on horse and one wielding a sagaris ax or a battle ax.

combat with a spear wearing a Median coat- kantus

a Scythian bowman with a sword?

the whole beautiful tandem

enjoy

ps and do vote this Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 - these midterm elections are awfully important !!!

Valete

Achaemenid Iranian images from Turkey

Salve,
 my 'anda' ( Mongolian for sworn-brother ) Patryk Skupniewicz provided me to a link to a news article from  the Circle of  Ancient Iranian Studies  www.cais-soas.com/news the-return-of-colours , regrading already closed  exhibit in the Yapi Kredi Vedat Nedim Tör Museum in Turkey -
 The subject matter is the reconstructed 470BC  Tatarli Tumulus and beautiful paintings on wood contained herein.

here you can see charging Achaemenid hippotaxotai archer cavalry, armed in two kinds of bows: www.cais-soas.com/horse archers
 Note horse harness (interesting bridle with a bosal?)  and long saddle blankets -shabraques, unfortunately the image is cut off at the horse's croup and we cannot see the tied tails, another typical Achaemenid Iranian and Eurasian steppe tradition.

and here the Achaemenid chariot crew pulled by splendid horses, similar  horses were carved  in  the wall of the Persepolis' Apadana.  www.cais-soas.com Reconstructed_Achaemenid_painting_beam3WM

and in addition  a couple of my own drawings and sketches-in progress showing Achaemenid warriors
 ps
would like to welcome all new followers - thank you for your interest
ps'
by the way I joined this blog - splendid display of  drawings and on the subject comic book images creation  - by one of the finest 'ink' artists out there Marcos Mateu-Mestre  http://marcosmateu.blogspot.com/
 Marcos has a very new book on comics making titled 'Framed Ink' amazon.com/Framed-Ink-Drawing-Composition-Storytellers

Valete