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Rivkin · 21st October 2005, 03:54 PM

I am not a specialist in ancient weapons, but in my opinion it can be nearly from everywhere, actual type seems to me a little bit Central Asian, for example: Gorelik XII-73 (Central Asia 1000b.c.-0 a.d.), VIII-35 (Altai 1000b.c.-0 a.d.).

If you want I can post the scans of above cited pages, however one should bear in mind that Gorelik does not adress post 0 a.d. and specifically roman weapons and daggers (and I don't have any books on roman daggers), and since all the cultures used somewhat similar knifes and daggers, it is quite possible that by 300 a.d. this type migrated into Europe.

21st October 2005, 03:54 PM	#2
Rivkin Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 655	I am not a specialist in ancient weapons, but in my opinion it can be nearly from everywhere, actual type seems to me a little bit Central Asian, for example: Gorelik XII-73 (Central Asia 1000b.c.-0 a.d.), VIII-35 (Altai 1000b.c.-0 a.d.). If you want I can post the scans of above cited pages, however one should bear in mind that Gorelik does not adress post 0 a.d. and specifically roman weapons and daggers (and I don't have any books on roman daggers), and since all the cultures used somewhat similar knifes and daggers, it is quite possible that by 300 a.d. this type migrated into Europe.