Illustrations of Sarmatians

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One of the most famous monuments of the Northern Black Sea coast, with preserved ancient paintings, is a crypt on the northern slope of Mount Mithridates in Kerch (ancient Panticapaeum, capital of the Bosporan Kingdom) discovered in 1872.
Black Sea Sarmatian cavalry and infantry portrayed in a painted tomb of the Crimean Bosporus (Crypt 1872). (http://warfare.tk/Ancient/Bosporan_murals.htm)
Reconstructions based on the Bosporan murals:
88 & 89. SARMATIAN CAVALRY in Armies and Enemies of Ancient Rome by Phil Barker and Ian Heath (http://warfare.tk/WRG/AEI-Rome-88-89-Sarmatian_Cavalry.htm)
90. SARMATIAN STANDARD BEARER in Armies and Enemies of Ancient Rome by Phil Barker and Ian Heath (http://warfare.tk/WRG/AEI-Rome-90-Sarmatian_Standard_Bearer.htm)
91. SARMATIAN INFANTRYMAN in Armies and Enemies of Ancient Rome by Phil Barker and Ian Heath (http://warfare.tk/WRG/AEI-Rome-91-Sarmatian_Infantryman.htm)
Other depictions:
Sarmatian belt buckle showing a rider, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg (http://warfare.tk/Ancient/Central_Asia-27.htm)
Sarmatian belt buckle showing a warrior sleeping under a tree, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg (http://warfare.tk/Ancient/Central_Asia-28.htm)

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Black Sea Sarmatian cavalry and infantry portrayed in a painted tomb of the Crimean Bosporus (Crypt 1872). (http://warfare.ga/Ancient/Bosporan_murals.htm)

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Ancient Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers (http://warfare.tk/Ancient/Ancient.htm)

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There is also the stele of Tryphon son of Andromenes in Sarmatian cavalry armour and costume, Tanais in the Don estuary. (http://warfare.tk/Ancient/Sarmatian-Tryphon_of_Tanais.htm)
Note that none of the riders have horse-armour.

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Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers (http://warfare.gq/index.htm)