Pages: 133-145

In 2017, on the territory of the Late Scythian Ust’-Alma necropolis located in the Crimea, crypt 1120 of the second half 1st — the first half of the 2nd c. AD was studied. In its burial chamber, fragments of iron swords and arrowheads, indicating the military character of some graves, were found. Among these things, fragments of a sword stand out, unusual for the barbaric burials of the Crimea, but similar in shape to the items of Roman armament. The analogy of this find is the Mainz type swords, dated by the second half of the 1st c. BC — first half of the 2nd c. AD.

Keywords: Crimea, Ust’-Alma necropolis, cemeteries, Roman armament, swords, sword sheath

Information about authors:

Alexander Trufanov (Simferopol, Crimea). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology of Crimea of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Academician Vernadsky Ave., 2, Simferopol, 295007, Crimea
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Vjacheslav Masjakin (Simferopol, Crimea). Institute of Archaeology of Crimea of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Academician Vernadsky Ave., 2, Simferopol, 295007, Crimea
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