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).
Reconstructions based on the Bosporan murals:
88 & 89. SARMATIAN CAVALRY in Armies and Enemies of Ancient Rome by Phil Barker and Ian Heath
90. SARMATIAN STANDARD BEARER in Armies and Enemies of Ancient Rome by Phil Barker and Ian Heath
91. SARMATIAN INFANTRYMAN in Armies and Enemies of Ancient Rome by Phil Barker and Ian Heath
Other depictions:
Sarmatian belt buckle showing a rider, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Sarmatian belt buckle showing a warrior sleeping under a tree, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Mirror site
Black Sea Sarmatian cavalry and infantry portrayed in a painted tomb of the Crimean Bosporus (Crypt 1872).
Druzhina
Ancient Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers
